At Boston, Massachusetts: as of 8:54 PM

High-risk residents receive H1N1 vaccine in Boston

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(NECN: Jeff Saperstone, Boston, Mass.) - On Friday, health officials announced that two more Massachusetts residents had died from complications of the swine flu. Today, a health center in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood was busy with people hoping to get vaccinated.

Because of a limited supply, only high-risk individuals were offered the shot.

They lined up early outside the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester to get their H1N1 vaccine.

Like most of the previous clinics - this one was geared towards at risk groups. Oren McBee's wife is eight months pregnant.

Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will vote "yes" on a crucial test vote on the health care bill.

The Louisiana lawmaker made the long-awaited announcement in a speech on the Senate floor Saturday. Her comments came just hours before the 8 p.m. EST vote.

Landrieu says her vote is to move forward but that work still needs to be done on the bill.

Landrieu has been one of two Democratic holdouts; the other is Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid needs 60 votes to prevail in the 100-seat Senate. The 40

New studies fuel debate over health care

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(NECN/ABC News) - The health care reform bill will face a key procedural vote in the Senate tonight.

No Republicans are backing this bill, which means the Democrats need all 60 members of their caucus to vote for it to prevent a filibuster - and to ensure the bill moves forward.

The bill would insure an additional 31 million Americans at a cost of nearly $850 billion.

Two new sets of recommendations for cancer screenings this week are adding even more fuel to the debate.

Republicans seized on the new screening guidelines as a big "I told you so."

Flu clinic held for high risk groups in Dorchester

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(NECN: Jeff Saperstone, Dorchester, Mass.) - The scramble to get the swine flu vaccine continues.

Today, a health center in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood opened its doors to a free H1N1 flu clinic.

However, because there is still a limited supply of the swine flu vaccine, only high-risk groups such as pregnant women, kids, and emergency workers were being offered the shot.

About 700 doses of the vaccine were available.

NECN's Jeff Saperstone joins us from outside the Codman Square Health Center with more.

Pap smear screening controversy inflames health care debate

(NECN/ABC news) - For the second time this week, new guidelines urge women to get less screening for cancer.

"We're more concerned that people are getting over-treated than we are about missing cervical cancer," said Dr. Cheryl Iglesia of American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

First, a government panel recommends less - and later - breast cancer screening. Now a doctors' group is calling for fewer "pap" smears - the primary test for cervical cancer.

On that point, the American Cancer Society agrees.

Two more deaths linked to H1N1 virus in Mass.

(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Boston) - Two more deaths linked to the H1N1 virus have been reported in Massachusetts. One of the fatalities is a young child.

There have now been five H1N1 deaths this fall in Massachusetts, though there is some positive news nationally.

A Massachusetts child under age 5 is the latest victim of the H1N1 flu virus, the first young child to die of the swine flu in the Commonwealth.

New guidelines recommend fewer pap smears

(NECN: Anya Huneke, Winooski, VT) - Women have a lot of new information to digest this week. First, new recommendations about mammograms, now new guidelines on pap smears, an effective tool for detecting cervical cancer.

This month, Allison Hicks reached a milestone. She's cancer free- five years after her diagnosis.

Allison Hicks\Cancer Survivor: "It was so shocking for me. I was unaware of HPV- I had never heard of it before."

At the age of 29, Hicks - of Winooski, Vermont - found out she had cervical cancer - which is most often caused by the human papilloma virus.

H1N1 outbreak: What you need to know

(NECN) - Dr. Peter Greenspan of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, joins NECN with what you need to know about H1N1 flu.

Dr. Greenspan discusses where the outbreak stands, and answers questions from some viewers.

You can E-mail your flu concerns to flu@necn.com

Experts recommend fewer Pap smears for most young women

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(NECN) - New medical guidelines are calling for fewer Pap smears for most women.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or ACOG, says having the tests every two years is enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer in women under the age of 30. Previous rules had called for annual testing.

Women 30 and older should wait three years between Paps.

The new guidelines also say that routine pap screening should begin at the age of 21.

Kevin Walsh, author of "The Marrow in Me"

(NECN) - So, a reporter goes out to cover a story one day, and the next thing you know, he's in a hospital bed, donating bone marrow to a boy he had never even met.

How did it all come to be? The story is told in "The Marrow In Me," a new book written by NECN sportscaster Kevin Walsh.

Kevin joins Jim Braude on Broadside to discuss the book, and the cause.

To register to become a bone marrow donor, visit KevinWalshTV.com.

Click here to purchase the book.

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