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Swine Flu Information
To answer your questions about the 2009 H1N1 flu virus, please check out the CDC website in english or en español.
For More Information
- The State of Missouri is providing updates on its website
- The new toll-free number for H1N1 Inquires for Missouri Residents: 1-877-FLU-4141 (1-877-358-4141) will be answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- U.S. government avian and pandemic flu information: www.pandemicflu.gov/
- Missouri emergency preparedness information: http://sema.dps.mo.gov/
- Missouri Health and Senior Services Website: http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BT_Response/_H1N1Flu.html
- St. Louis County Health Department Website: http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/Doh/Flu/New_H1N1.htm
- St. Louis City Health Department Website: http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/health/swineflu/H1N1main.html
- City of St. Louis H1N1 Vaccine Providers List: http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/health/swineflu/pdf/Vaccine%20Providers%20for%20Website.pdf
Note regarding H1N1 Vaccinations
Members of Congress will receive no extra priority treatment with respect to H1N1 vaccinations. The Members are among those one hundred-sixty-nine-million Americans who may be candidates for H1N1 vaccination.
The candidates for vaccination will be based on vaccine distribution priorities that rationally allocate initial distribution to those at greatest risk for adverse outcomes from the H1N1 influenza as specified by the CDC.
Those priorities are for
- health care workers,
- pregnant women,
- children from 6 months to 24 years, and
- adults under age 64 with specified medical risks such as asthma or immunosuppression.
There are no other considerations or priorities.
St. Louis city releases swine flu vaccine locations
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The city of St. Louis anticipates needing 50,000 H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines for its school children, but expects to only have 30,000 doses by the end of the month. The production and distribution of swine flu vaccine nationwide has been slower than expected.
There are currently 26 clinics and hospitals in the city where vaccine is available to the high priority groups (young children, pregnant women, health care workers). The city has a list of providers who have ordered the swine flu vaccine that is updated weekly.
Starting in November, 140 clinics will be set up in public and private schools in the city to vaccinate children with parental consent. About one in five children have already been sickened by the flu this month, federal health officials estimate.
Other school districts and health departments in St. Louis County and surrounding counties have also set up vaccination clinics. Contact your local health department or school district to learn more, or visit www.flu.gov.
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