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Secretary Thompson said the supply of 61 million doses of flu vaccine includes about 58 million doses of Aventis injectible vaccine and 3 million doses of FluMist nasal spray.
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HHS Announces Additional Million Doses of Flu Vaccine
10/21/2004
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the nation will have an additional 1 million doses of the FluMist nasal spray flu vaccine, bringing the total flu vaccine supply this year to 61 million doses. Additionally, there is enough antiviral medicine to treat tens of millions of people for flu this season. |
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Josefina talking with seniors waiting for flu shots.
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Assistant Secretary Carbonell Visits Chicago
10/20/2004
Assistant Secretary, Josefina Carbonell, visited Chicago in October to participate in a variety of educational and informational events. At the Chicago Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Immunization Initiative (READII) Press Conference and Luncheon, she announced the interim influenza vaccination recommendations released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and spoke to the importance of community organizations working together to increase the vaccination rates for racial and ethnic minorities.
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Josefina and Rio Grande AAA director Adan Dominguez are leading a walk at the Senior Expo.
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Secretary for Aging visits El Paso, Texas
10/18/2004
Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, visited El Paso, Texas to participate in a number of closing events organized in honor of the first border wide U.S./Mexico Border Health Week in which nearly 200 health-promotion activities took place in 14 U.S./Mexico sister cities along the border. |
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Dept. of Health & Human Services
HHS News
The latest Census Bureau statistics on income and poverty show that the income of persons 65 and older essentially was unchanged from 2002 to 2003. Median income in 2003 of households headed by persons 65 and over was $23,787, which not statistically different from the 2002 figure of 23,682. 
