H1N1 vaccine to be offered at community center
The H1N1 flu vaccine, in both injectable and FluMist form, will be given in a special one-day clinic from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 12 in the multipurpose room of the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005-C Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley.
This clinic is for Ventura County residents only.
The vaccine will be given to those on the list of high-risk individuals and include the following: children between the ages of 6 months and 24 years; healthy, non-pregnant persons ages 2 to 49 years in contact with infants under the age of 6 months; pregnant women, and anyone with high-risk medical conditions up to age 64.
High-risk medical conditions include emphysema, cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases, heart disease, diabetes, morbid obesity, neurocognitive disease, neuromuscular disease and suppressed immunity due to such things as cancer, chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, steroids and HIV/ AIDS.
Persons not on this list have been shown to be at low risk for serious illness from the virus.


