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Health department to host meeting on H1N1
HUNTINGTON -- The Cabell-Huntington Health Department will host an H1N1 informational meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, in Room 2W16 of the Memorial Student Center on Marshall University's campus in preparation of H1N1 clinics scheduled Dec. 1 and 2 at Marshall.
The meeting will focus on the distribution of the H1N1 vaccine. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask public health officials questions about the H1N1 flu and the H1N1 vaccine.
The health department will conduct H1N1 clinics for high-risk individuals who live or work in Cabell County or the City of Huntington Dec. 1 and 2 at Marshall.
The clinics will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 1 and 2, at Cam Henderson Center at Marshall. High-risk individuals for H1N1 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, and 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.
The health department asks that anyone taking an antibiotic 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.
No appointment is necessary for the free clinics.
