Health
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Lexington health officials are hoping to vaccinate at least 6,000 people Saturday at two H1N1 flu-shot clinics: at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, 1600 Man o' War Boulevard, and Bryan Station High School, 201 Eastin Road.
It seemed like a great idea - doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has fewer problems and is more successful done the old way.
Jonathan and Cynthia Austin got what they had hoped for. The couple took their four children to the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, to show their children how blessed their lives are in Lexington.
On a warm, sunny Saturday, thousands of people stood in line to get jabbed by a needle.
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