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Student Health Service > Flu Information
Student Health Service
There are two vaccines this year:
- Novel H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine
- The following are the priority groups for receiving vaccine:
- Pregnant women
- Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months of age
- Healthcare workers
- People aged 25 through 64 years of age who have high risk medical conditions including:
- Asthma
- Neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions [including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve, and muscle such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy (seizure disorders), stroke, intellectual disability (mental retardation), moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy, or spinal cord injury].
- Chronic lung disease (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD] and cystic fibrosis)
- Heart disease (such as congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease)
- Blood disorders (such as sickle cell disease)
- Endocrine disorders (such as diabetes mellitus)
- Kidney disorders
- Liver disorders
- Metabolic disorders (such as inherited metabolic disorders and mitochondrial disorders)
- Weakened immune system due to disease or medication (such as people with HIV or AIDS, or cancer, or those on chronic steroids)
- People younger than 19 years of age who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy
- People age 6 months through 24 years of age
- The MSU Student Health Service has received a limited amount of H1N1 flu vaccine and we have offered vaccine to students with high risk conditions noted above. We are now able to offer vaccine to students age 24 and under. Immunizations will be given ONLY by appointment and ONLY for MSU students age 24 and under on:
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, 12:30pm-4:00pm
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, 9:00am-3:00pm
- Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, 9:00am-3:00pm
- Please make an appointment at On-Line Student Health or call the Student Health Service at 994-2312 to schedule an appointment for one of these flu shot clinics. The vaccine is free, but we do charge $5 to help cover the cost of vaccine administration.
- We hope to receive more H1N1 flu vaccine soon, which will allow us to offer H1N1 flu shots to more MSU students. We will notify students by e-mail and on our web site when additional vaccine becomes available.
- Seasonal flu vaccine
- The MSU Student Health Service held two seasonal flu vaccine clinics earlier this fall but we currently have no vaccine available. If we receive additional vaccine, we will post information about this on the Health Service web site.
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