Macomb County announces two more H1N1 clinics
Detroit News Staff Reports
The Macomb County Health Department has announced two more communitywide clinics for the H1N1 vaccine.
The department will offer both the injectable and intranasal vaccine to high-risk groups Nov. 14 and Nov. 21 at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights. Exacts times for the clinics were not available late Friday.
Another clinic for health care workers only will be held Thursday.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that certain priority groups receive the vaccine first, including pregnant women, children 6 months old to 24, adults 25 to 64 with underlying health conditions, and health care workers.
Twenty-two people have died in Michigan since Sept. 1 because of the H1N1, or swine flu, virus, according to the Michigan Department of Community Health.





