“As we’ve seen, H1N1 is a serious threat to public health, especially to children and the elderly, and we must do everything we can to ensure the public and the local governments that represent them are well informed of influenza preparedness.” "Concern about H1N1 is very high, and as a mother and a lawmaker, I feel it is the federal government’s responsibility to provide every local community with the vaccines that they need to protect the public from H1N1 ... While public health departments and federal agencies have been working hard to respond effectively, many communities in New York have not received adequate information about the availability of H1N1 vaccines. I urge the CDC to immediately increase their communication with local governments and public health departments to help keep all New Yorkers safe." In many cases, local health departments and emergency preparedness officials are unable to provide H1N1 information because they have not received it from the CDC, or have received conflicting information from state and federal officials. Full Article at MPNNow.com