CALENDAR LISTING
Saturday, January 9th

Saint Agnes Foundation to Sponsor Free H1N1 Vaccination Clinic for the Community

(Baltimore) – The Saint Agnes Foundation will be sponsoring a Community H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 10 am until 2 pm at Saint Agnes Hospital, 900 Caton Avenue. The vaccine will be provided free of charge to adults and children for whom the vaccination is recommended, on a first-come, first-serve basis.

WHAT:
Saint Agnes Foundation Sponsors H1N1 Vaccination Clinic

WHEN:
Saturday, January 9, 2010
10 am – 2 pm*
*Vaccinations will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis

WHERE:
Saint Agnes Hospital
Alagia Auditorium
900 Caton Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21229

FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit www.stagnes.org or call 410-368-3155.

The Saint Agnes Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for the charitable, scientific, educational, and religious purposes of fostering the mission of Saint Agnes Hospital and Ascension Health. Last fiscal year, Saint Agnes Hospital and the Saint Agnes Foundation partnered to provide approximately $14.1 million dollars of charity care and community benefits.

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Lifehacker has the link to the Google Maps Flu Shot Finder. The map for the Baltimore area is here. It includes locations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 vaccine.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the Baltimore City Health Department is holding a free flu clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday on the 6th floor of the warehouse building at Camden Yards. Both H1N1 vaccines and seasonal flu vaccines will be given.

WBAL.com

Baltimore County health officials say the lines were so long outside a swine flu vaccine clinic in Perry Hall that the clinic opened two hours early today.

Dr. Gregory Branch told WBAL News that people had camped out at Perry Hall Middle School since midnight, so officials decided to open the doors at 8 a.m., two hours before the schedule start time.

A caller to WBAL said that he noticed hundreds of people standing in line.

Branch said officials will hand out all of the vaccines available for the clinic. He would not say how many doses are available. Branch did say those who have not arrived at the school this morning, should wait until the county holds another clinic. The county cancelled three clinics scheduled for this Wednesday. There are three more clinics tentatively scheduled for the following week.

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Branch said today’s clinic is supposed to end at 4 p.m., but it will likely end earlier.

Branch said he is confident that the county will have enough vaccine for everyone who wants a shot in November and December.

I heard second-hand earlier that the crowds were so bad that the number of people parking across the street at the shopping center on Ebenezer Road were interfering with the business of several retail establishments there. People were unable to find parking places to shop at those stores due to the people parking there to go across the street to the H1N1 clinic.

St. Vincent Pallotti HS via WBAL.com

Pallotti Closing School Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Parents,

We will be closing school tomorrow, Wednesday, October 7, 2009 which will include all practices, games and evening activities. We have confirmed that we have 5 cases of the H1N1 Flu in the student population. We have approximately 100 students out today for a variety of reasons. Some students have the regular flu and maybe H1N1. Some doctors are not testing for it and are telling them it does not matter – here’s Tamirflu, stay in bed 3 to 4 days and come back to school after 5 days. The cases so far have been no worse than the regular flu. Some students are staying home as a precaution.

The bottom line is we are going to close tomorrow and have the cleaning company come to and disinfect all common surfaces which will give us a fresh clean start on Thursday, October 8th. This is both precautionary and a sanitizing manner.

PLEASE FOLLOW ALL GUIDELINES THAT NURSE SAUNDERS HAS SENT VIA EDLINE WHEN YOUR CHILD IS NOT FEELING WELL.

Sincerely,

Stephen J. Edmonds
President/Principal