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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:22 AM

Published 11/06/2009 by Maine.gov


H1N1 Vaccine Efforts Expand as School Absenteeism Grows

Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH

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Or John Martins, Director

Employee and Public Communications

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AUGUSTA - H1N1 influenza is causing widespread school absentee rates, though no schools have had to close this past week, said Dr. Dora Anne Mills, Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

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