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NYC mandates flu shots for toddlers even after CDC admits they don't work

2015-01-05 04:02:01| Biotech - Topix.net

Unless their parents opt for a medical or religious exemption, young school children in New York City will soon be required to get a flu shot in order to attend preschool or gain access to a child care facility. As outlined by the New York City Health Department , children aged 6-59 months will be barred from attending classes or being around other children in an institutional setting if they don't first get jabbed for the flu -- this, despite warnings by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that this year's flu shot doesn't even work.

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NYC Might Let You Pay Parking Tickets Via Apple Pay, Bitcoin

2014-12-31 19:02:45| PC Magazine Software Product Guide

NYC is asking firms like Apple and PayPal for details on how to let people pay for tickets on mobile devices.

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NYC gunman bragged about plans to shoot officers

2014-12-22 08:14:44| Energy - Topix.net

The man who shot and killed two police officers in New York City on Saturday, targeting them solely because of the uniforms they wore, boasted to two people about what he was about to do just moments before he opened fire on the officers as they sat in their patrol car. In a chilling and detailed account of the shooting, the police department's chief of detectives, Robert Boyce, said the gunman, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, first walked past the patrol car, crossed the street and then approached the car from behind.

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