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The Boston Public Health Commission announced that it will be offering free flu vaccines to residents of the city starting today in Dorchester. "Nearly three dozen public flu clinics are scheduled between now and October 21, and many more are planned," says the press release. More flu information is available on the city's website or by calling the Mayor’s Health Line at 617-534-5050. Full schedule of vaccination clinics after the jump.

Today, the Globe ran a sensationalistic headline claiming that teens found pop star Rihanna responsible for being (allegedly) beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown. However, the Globe didn't provide the actual survey results relevant to its headlining stars, or any helpful information for people who might be in difficult domestic situations. Fortunately, we found the facts. Of about 200 Boston youths (ages 12 to 19) surveyed by the Boston Public Health Commission:

The Boston Public Health Commission recently took the radical step of ordering existing cigar bars, hookah dens, and other smoking bars to close their doors ten years from now. No new smoking bars will be allowed to open under the new regulations. Bans on smoking in the workplace now cover patios, loading docks, and other adjacent areas, and Boston hotels, inns, and bed and breakfast establishments are now smoke-free as well, effective immediately. The commission also banned blunt wraps and ruled out the sale of tobacco in health and educational institutions. Those edicts take effect in 60 days. Tobacco aficionados, breathe it in while you can—you may have to smoke at home soon.

After Brookline banned trans fats, it was only a matter of time before the city of Boston followed suit. The Boston Public Health Commission has approved the ban. The Globe reports that the vote was unanimous.

One Boston hotel broke out the big guns and bought a bedbug-sniffing dog, the Globe reported on Thursday. The Jurys Boston Hotel frightens the bedbugs with a bark and a bite. Ditto the Omni Parker House. Whenever the dog barks, the hotel goes scorched-earth on the bedbugs' collective ass, fumigates, and burns the mattresses.

The Boston Public Health Commission placed a billboard featuring a giant pair of hands unwrapping a giant condom in an awkward spot – across the street from a Catholic School in Dorchester. Somehow, it never occurred to the people locating the billboards that the officials of the Saint Kevin School might get a tad upset. No one asked the kids what they thought – they are probably getting quite a kick out of it, and...

We're playing a little game we call "what's Tommy's name not on?" The Zamboni that smoothes the ice at the Frog Pond? It's on there. The welcome sign to Boston? It's on there. The toothbrushes the Boston Public Health Commission distributes? It's on there (and happens to be absurdly huge.) The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center? Yeah, that's it. Menino's name does not adorn the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center is not yet called...

This afternoon, before the sloppy snow began to fall, a 22 year old man was struck by a Taxi on Huntington Ave near Forsyth St. The taxi clipped the rear wheel of the cyclist and sent him under the rear wheels of a nearby dump truck carrying a full load of scrap concrete. Northeastern News reports that police recovered a fixed-gear bike (with mangled front wheel), a cell phone, a right shoe, a messenger bag,...

The Boston Globe reports today that the City is cutting back the proposed regulations on biolabs in the Hub. Lobbying from academic research institutions and for-profit drug companies who conduct research in the City have resulted in loosening of the standards proposed by the Boston Public Health Commission.

Bostonist’s inner child is hoping for a snow day and some serious sledding time tomorrow. Alas, snow brings more to Boston than a white blanket and chilly fun. Yesterday the first measurable snow in the area had local news updates warning Boston of the slippery, treacherous roads out there. It seems that every year Boston drivers have to remember how to drive in the snow and ice. A rash of fender benders breaks out after only several flakes have hit the ground. Being prepared for winter will help, but it’s all about the common sense. Buckle up when riding in cars this winter, don a helmet when hopping on the bike (we also recommend rain pants for slushy bike commutes). If you remember your seatbelt, the inevitable fender bender is much less likely to be consequential.