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Riverside County is now administering injectable vaccines against the H1N1 virus at three of its 10 family-care clinics.

The vaccines arrived Tuesday and are being given at its Riverside, Perris and Palm Springs clinics, said Barbara Cole, the county's director of disease control. The limited distribution is because there are only 1,600 doses available. More are expected in coming weeks.

Until supply increases, the injectable vaccines are only being administered to pregnant women, those aged 6 months to 24 years, people who live with or care for infants 6 months or younger, people 25 to 64 with chronic diseases, and emergency and medical personnel.

The county began administering a nasal spray vaccine on Oct. 15. That vaccine is only being offered at this time to children aged 2 to 12.

Private physicians also have supplies of the two vaccines, Cole said. Flu clinics are planned for local schools and childcare centers as additional supplies of the vaccines become available.

For information on swine flu, call 211. To schedule an appointment at a county clinic, call 800-720-9553.

David Olson
-dolson@PE.com

Cal State San Bernardino has created a new Web page to provide information about prevention and treatment of seasonal and H1N1 flu.

The Web page is accessed through the link, "Flu Central," on the campus home page, which is www.csusb.edu, or at www.csusb.edu/flucentral.

The Web page includes information about flu symptoms, prevention tips, health information and links to online resources. The university's H1N1 Influenza central Web page will be regularly updated updated.

Seasonal flu vaccines are available for university students for $10 and staff for $25 at the student health center while supplies last. Students also may go to the student health center Web site at http://healthcenter.csusb.edu/default.htm for a list of San Bernardino County clinics offering vaccinations.

The H1N1 vaccine is to be available next month and first available to people with a higher risk of influenza complications.

Contact the University Student Health Center at 909-537-5241 for information.

See other flu-related blogs here.