No Flu Vaccine Given to Gitmo Detainees
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says detainees at Guantanamo Bay are not yet receiving vaccinations against the swine flu. Robert Gibbs on Tuesday said concern that terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base in Cuba were receiving vaccines was misplaced. Gibbs says no vaccines are at the naval base and none are on the way. A spokesman for the U.S. jail facility a day earlier said guards and then inmates were scheduled for inoculations. Critics were fast to object, saying U.S. civilians were waiting for vaccines while suspected terrorists were being given injections. Army Maj. James Crabtree said Monday that doses should start arriving this month and medical personnel requested the doses. He said detainees will be vaccinated “entirely on a voluntary basis.
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CHARLESTON— Gov. Joe Manchin announced stepped-up education efforts Monday in West Virginia’s fight against the swine flu.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Heath officials say swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April.
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WHEELING — Parents who think they can get their child vaccinated before it is their turn should think again.
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