FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Contact:
Dave Wellman, Director
of Communications,
304-696-7153
H1N1 clinics scheduled Dec. 1-2 at Marshall University
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Cabell-Huntington Health Department will conduct H1N1 clinics for high-risk individuals who live or work in Cabell County or the City of Huntington Dec. 1-2 at Marshall University.
The clinics will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 1-2, at Cam Henderson Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus. High-risk individuals for N1N1 include:
- Pregnant women and nursing mothers
- People who live with or care for children under 6 months of age
- Children and adults, 6 months to 24 years of age
- Adults 24 to 64 years of age who have chronic health conditions (Chronic heart or lung disease, asthma, diabetes, kidney disease, anemia, neurologic/neuromuscular, immunosuppression caused by HIV or medication, cancer, leukemia or other blood disorders (not including high blood pressure)
- Health care workers who provide direct patient care with acutely ill patients.
Adults must show proof of age. Both mist and injectable forms of the vaccine are available.
For those taking an antibiotic, the health department asks that they wait until they have completed the antibiotic before getting the H1N1 vaccine. They should not get an H1N1 vaccine if they have been on Tamiflu or other anti-viral in the 48 hours leading up to the clinic.
Children who are brought to these clinics by someone other than their parent or legal guardian must have a signed permission statement from the parent or legal guardian allowing the children to be vaccinated.
No appointment is necessary for these free clinics. There is NO fee for the H1N1 flu vaccine.
Future clinics will be planned as vaccine becomes available to include the general population. For information about when clinics will be scheduled, continue to check the Flu Information Hotline at 304-526-3397 or visit the health department online at www.cabellhealth.org.
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