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With the number of cases of the flu climbing across the country, many employers are worried about consequences for their businesses if too many workers call in sick. Meanwhile, people are flocking to clinics to get a better-late-than-never flu shot. Sonia Despiar, a licensed practical nurse at Gouverneur Healthcare Services, injects Imelda Silva with vaccine last week in New York. “I have stuffiness,” Ms. Silva said. “I want to make sure I don’t get sick.” (Associated Press)
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Vials of flu vaccine are displayed at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston, Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as the city tried to deal with a harsh flu season and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, 42, a freshman Republican from Texas and darling of the tea party, has a skyrocketing political profile that fuels speculation that he already is setting his sights higher — possibly including a run for president in 2016. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Dr. Steven Birnbaum works June 3, 2010, with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Vials of flu vaccine are displayed on Jan. 10, 2013, at Philly Flu Shots in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on Jan. 10, 2013. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** David M. Walker, president and chief executive officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation (The Washington Times)
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A statue of Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon is located at the foot of the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine's Plaza de La Constitucion. (Associated Pres)
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Gabriella Diaz, 4, sits as registered nurse Charlene Luxcin administers a flu shot at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston on Jan. 9, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Dr. Steven H. Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond was chairman of a study panel on health that found that the United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, in part because of the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked. (AP Photo)
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The Melnick sisters, who in a suit against Eli Lilly and Co. alleged that a synthetic estrogen known as DES caused them all to get breast cancer, pose at their hotel in Boston on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. From left are Michele Fecho, Francine Melnick, Donna McNeely and Andrea Andrews. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
