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Tuesday, October 26, 2010  Onondaga County is launching a new website to help make it easier for residents to get flu shots.

Sunday, October 24, 2010  Anyone over 6 months should get one

Tuesday, April 06, 2010  State Health Commissioner Richard Daines is on a 15-county tour across the state to promote local health programs as part of National Public Health Week.

Monday, March 01, 2010  Swine flu has all but disappeared in Onondaga County.

Friday, January 29, 2010  There were approximately 1000 appointments scheduled for Friday's clinic and the Health Department expects it will have given about 23,000 immunizations over the past few months.

Friday, January 29, 2010  "My best guess is this is going to take over the seasonal flu for the next few years," said Onondaga County Health Commissioner Cynthia Morrow,

Wednesday, January 20, 2010  Residents of Onondaga County have another chance to receive an H1N1 “swine flu” vaccination from the county for the 2009-2010 flu season.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010  College campuses have been particularly susceptible to flu because of the close quarters where students live and go to class.

Friday, January 08, 2010  Truckloads of swine flu vaccines are coming back to New York state, returned by counties who say the expected demand for the shots never happened.

Monday, January 04, 2010  Onondaga County residents will have another chance to protect themselves against the H1N1 "swine flu" virus.

Friday, January 01, 2010  Now that swine flu vaccine shortages are over, New York health officials are urging people who haven't been vaccinated to do so - as another wave of illness is forecast for the coming weeks.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009  This H1N1 Flu vaccination clinic is open to the public.

Monday, December 14, 2009  The Flu vaccine is $30 and the Pneumonia vaccine is $55.

Friday, December 11, 2009  Upstate Medical University has modified its restricted visitation policy for flu season effective immediately.

Thursday, December 10, 2009  Now that the initial shortage of swine flu vaccine has eased, New York Gov. David Paterson says all New Yorkers age 6 months and older are eligible to get vaccinated.