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By DNAinfo Staff on October 1, 2009 12:00am  | Updated on October 1, 2009 11:24am

New York City will get its first dose of the swine flu vaccine next week as  80,000 doses are headed to the city. But before you run out to get one, most of this first wave is reserved for health care workers who are required to get the shots before December. [NYDailyNews.com]

The Senate Finance Committee voted against two Democratic proposals, including one by Sen. Charles Schumer, which would create a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers. The rejection is a victory for committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., who hopes to pass a middle-of-the-road approach by the end of the week. [NYTimes.com]

Congress is taking a hard look at products, like bodybuilding pills, that advertise as dietary supplements but contain illegal steroids. Legislators are investigating whether laws, manufacturing guidelines and agency resources are sufficient enough to protect the public. [NYTimes.com]

No more cuddling with Fido. Doctors have found the bacterial superbug MRSA transferring from pets to humans, and back again. MRSA, short Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, is mostly harmless to healthy humans and animals, but can be deadly for sick people and pets. [NYDailyNews.com]

They may look great but a new study show wearing shoes like heels, sandals and slippers may lead to chronic foot pain in later life. [NYTimes.com]

Starbucks just rolled out their new, inexpensive instant coffee yesterday. But already many java-savvy New Yorkers say it doesn’t taste very good, and if they want cheap coffee they’ll stick to coffee carts. [NYDailyNews.com]

A new poll, asking women to rate the best and worst countries for lovers, puts American men in the "worst" category. American men were fifth on the list of the 10 worst for being “too rough.” The worst: Germans, labeled “too smelly.” The best: Spanish, Brazilians and Italians. [NYDailyNews.com]