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New Influenza Strain Emerges and Texas Plans Mass Immunization
A February emergence of a swine-like influenza strain at Fort Dix, New Jersey, prompts Texas to prepare a mass immunization campaign. Officials aim to vaccinate at least 10 million Texans between September and November 1976 with a bi valent vaccine. The effort involves federal leadership from the CDC, state health resources, private medicine, and volunteer networks.
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