Colorado health officials say they are seeing higher rates of swine flu among blacks and Latinos this flu season.

Chief medical officer Ned Calonge at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says diabetes and asthma increase a person's risk of complications from swine flu, and Colorado has high asthma and diabetes rates, especially among Latinos and blacks.

The health department is urging anyone with asthma or diabetes to get vaccinated.

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