Genesee County Health Department
Better Life Through Better Health
Genesee County
Health
Department to Hold Additional
Flu Clinic For Specially Qualified
The Genesee County Health Department will be
holding an additional flu clinic on
Thursday,
December 18, 2003
. Note that
only two groups of children are eligible to receive the vaccine.
The following location and time has been set up:
·
Genesee
County Health Department
(McCree North)
115 East Pierson
Road, Flint
Thursday, December 18th
1:00pm-3:00pm
(clinic may close earlier if vaccine
runs out)
Only
two groups of children qualify to receive the vaccine:
1) Children 6-35 months of age who qualify for
federally funded vaccine:
these are children enrolled in Medicaid, American Indians & Alaskan Natives,
uninsured children and under-insured children whose insurance has no coverage
for vaccinations, or
2)
Children 6 months - 18 years of age who have high risk factors such as:
heart disease, kidney disease,
lung disease, metabolic disease such as diabetes, asthma, anemia and other blood
disorders or children with a weakened immune system due to HIV/AIDS or another
disease that affects the immune system, long-term treatment with drugs such as
steroids, cancer treatment with x-rays or drugs regardless of insurance status.
The
cost of the vaccine will be an $11.00 administrative fee.
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