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Flu Update

01:00 AM EST on Monday, November 9, 2009

Q. I have three children at colleges out of state. I am concerned about them receiving the swine flu vaccination. Are there any plans for college-age students to get the vaccination over their Thanksgiving or Christmas breaks?

A. Swine-flu vaccine clinics will be held for Rhode Islanders of college age, whether or not they attend college in state. But they won’t occur over the Thanksgiving break. A more likely time is before or after Christmas, said Health Department spokeswoman Carol Hall-Walker. Because the supply of vaccine is unpredictable, the Health Department had not yet scheduled these clinics for college-age people. But Hall-Walker said they will be open to Rhode Islanders who attend college out of state as well as those who don’t attend college.Vaccinations

Seasonal flu

Vaccine against seasonal flu is in very limited supply. Pediatricians this week will get doses for children ages 3 to 18. Live-virus nasal-spray vaccine will go to some doctors this week — but the nasal spray can only be used in healthy people ages 2 to 49.

One public flu clinic remains:

• Wednesday, Nov. 11: Noon to 5 p.m., Twin River Casino Event Center, 100 Twin River Rd., Lincoln, 1,000 shots for adults only.

H1N1/swine flu

The state will continue vaccinating children against swine flu at schools around the state this week. The clinics for Monday and Tuesday 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 shots start Nov. 2.”

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. 9

Central Falls: Veterans Memorial Elementary

Cranston: Hugh B. Bain Middle School

Cranston: William R. Dutemple School

East Providence: Riverside Middle School

East Providence: St. Mary Academy-Bay View Upper School

Exeter: Nuweetooun School

Narragansett: Narragansett High School

Providence: Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School

Providence: Edmund W. Flynn Elementary School

Providence: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School

Providence: Blessed Sacrament School

Richmond: Chariho Regional Middle School

Richmond: Richmond Elementary School

Smithfield: Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School

South Kingstown: Immaculate Conception Academy

South Kingstown: Middlebridge School

South Kingstown: Independence Transition Academy (at South Kingstown High School)

South Kingstown: South Kingstown High School

Warwick: St. Rose of Lima School

Warwick: First Baptist Christian School

Nov. 10

Bristol: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Central Falls: Margaret I. Robertson School

Coventry: Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School

Coventry: Father John V. Doyle School

Cranston: Park View Middle School

Cumberland: North Cumberland Middle School

East Providence: The Wolf School

Providence: Webster Avenue School

Providence: Asa Messer Annex

Providence: Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program

Providence: Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy

Providence: Anthony Carnevale Elementary School

Providence: Academy of International Studies

West Warwick: John F. Horgan Elementary School

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