Health
Flu Update
01:00 AM EST on Monday, November 23, 2009
Vaccinations
H1N1/swine flu
•Vaccine is now available for women who have had a baby within the past six months. Women should contact their obstetricians to get a swine-flu shot.
•A vaccination clinic for Rhode Islanders in kindergarten through 12th grade who attend school out of state will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, at a location to be announced. Parents must register their children for this clinic by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, by going to www.health.ri.gov. Alternative arrangements will be made for parents who cannot attend the clinic because of religious observances, provided they contact the H1N1 Information Line (222-8022) by Dec. 2.
•The state will continue vaccinating children against swine flu at schools around the state on Monday and Tuesday this week. The clinics are listed below. To find the date for the H1N1 swine-flu clinic at your schools, check projo.com and look for “School-based flu clinics.”
•Children who are younger than school age (and older than six months) and pregnant women can obtain swine-flu vaccine from their doctors, as supplies allow.
Nov. 23
Coventry: Hopkins Hill School
Cranston: Glen Hills School
East Providence: Emma G. Whiteknact School
East Providence: Orlo Avenue School
East Providence: Myron J. Francis Elementary School
East Providence: St. Mary Academy-Bay View/Lower School
Middletown: Joseph H. Gaudet School
Narragansett: Ocean Tides, Inc.
Pawtucket: Potter-Burns School
Pawtucket: St. Cecilia School
Providence: Laurel Hill Avenue School
Providence: Nathanael Greene Middle School
Providence: William B. Cooley/Health and Science Academy
Richmond: Chariho Regional High School
Warwick: E. G. Robertson School
Warwick: Randall Holden School
Warwick: Holliman School
West Warwick: Maisie E. Quinn Elementary School
Nov. 24
Cranston: Edgewood Highland School
Cumberland: John J. McLaughlin Cumberland Hill School
Glocester: Ponaganset Middle School
Johnston: Thornton School
Johnston: Winsor Hill School
North Kingstown: Davisville Middle School
North Providence: Stephen Olney School
Providence: Carl G. Lauro Elementary School
South Kingstown: Independence Transition Academy
Warwick: Greenwood School
West Warwick: St. Joseph School
Woonsocket: Citizens Memorial School
Woonsocket: Globe Park School
Woonsocket: Kevin K. Coleman Elementary School
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