Current Vaccine Supply: Available
Seasonal and H1N1 vaccines are both available.
Please check this web page to learn when more vaccines arrive, or contact your health department or family physician to check vaccine availability. Some counties will offer public flu clinics.
2009 H1N1 flu vaccine
Note: The Cole County Health Department has opened the H1N1 vaccination to to all residents. Please see the Cole County Health Department website for clinic dates -- www.colehealth.org. For other counties, please contact your local public health department.
The 2009 flu H1N1 vaccine comes in three forms:
- Flu-mist (intranasal) - for those 49 years old or under and not pregnant
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Injectable with Preservative - generally not given to pregnant women and children, but approved for use due to the fact that the risk of H1N1 outweighs the risk of complications from the preservative
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Injectable without Preservative - may be given to anyone
Seasonal flu vaccine
What groups are recommended for seasonal flu vaccine?
Vaccination is particularly important for people who are at high risk of having serious seasonal flu-related complications or people who live with or care for those at high risk for serious seasonal flu-related complications, including:
- Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday
- Pregnant women
- People 50 years of age and older
- People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
- People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
People who live with or care for those at high risk for complications from flu, including:
- Health care workers
- Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
- Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age
What are "emergency warning signs" that should signal anyone to seek medical care urgently?
In children:
- Fast breathing or trouble breathing
- Bluish skin color
- Not drinking enough fluids
- Not waking up or not interacting
- Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
- Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
- Fever with a rash
In adults:
- Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
- Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
- Sudden dizziness
- Confusion
- Severe or persistent vomiting
For additional information:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/vaccine/
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/public/vaccination_qa_pub.htm
http://www.colehealth.org/h1n1_Flu/H1N1_Flu_and_Vaccine_Information.htm