Riverside County offers H1N1 vaccine

RIVERSIDE, Calif. The Department of Public Health will offer the nasal swine flu vaccine start at 10 family clinics.

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Patients are asked to first check with their health care providers about the vaccine before heading to a county clinic.

The county will give children ages 2 to 12 first priority for the nasal vaccine. So far, 81 children have died from illnesses related to the H1N1 virus, which is about how many die in a typical flu season.

L.A. County will begin offering the vaccine on October 23.

• Link: Riverside County Department of Public Health
• Link: County of Los Angeles Public Health

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