. It's based on a Rand survey of 4,000 U.S. adults that shows the following:
Fifty-three percent of all adults surveyed have no intention of getting the flu vaccine this year, while 17 percent say they haven't yet but will at some point.
Seventy percent of healthy adults under age 50 have no intention of being vaccinated, while 16 percent say they will at some point but haven't yet.
Public-health experts are up in arms, saying that it's a
on our nation's health report card. Yet, I'm not quite sure what the brouhaha is about. After all, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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A law goes into effect in Westchester County today banning the sale of some cough medicines to anyone under 18.
The ban, known as "Anthony's Law," is a response in part to the death of a Yonkers man killed by a young driver who was "Robotripping" on chemicals in cough syrup.
"I've been waiting for this day to come," said Linda Vieiro, the daughter of crash victim Anthony Vieiro. "It doesn't bring my father back, but maybe his death was not in vain."
Vieiro, a World War II veteran, was killed in March 2007 on Sprain Road in Yonkers after his car was struck by Mohd Shreiqein of Pleasantville, Continue reading