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80,000 vaccinations to be distributed in Stop Flu at School campaign
The state kicks off its Protect Hawaii’s Keiki: Stop Flu at School campaign this week and will continue efforts through December 2nd. In its fourth year, the program will be administering about 80,000 free flu vaccinations this year to 331 participating public, private, and charter school students, faculty and staff — about the same level […]
H1N1 was confirmed in Hawaii one year ago today
It’s been one year since the first documented case of H1N1 or the swine flu occurred in Hawaii. The first incident was reported on May 5, 2009 when a husband and wife couple and an unrelated child were confirmed to have the virus. The World Health Organization declared H1N1 a “pandemic” the following month, the […]
Stop Flu At School Seasonal Clinics Start Today; H1N1 Clinics Begin In November
The state kicked off its stop flu at school campaign today with more than 68,000 students expected to participate at 334 school clinics across the state between now and December 3rd, 2009. The H1N1 flu vaccination clinics, meantime, are scheduled to begin in mid-November with parental consent forms to go out the week of October […]
