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First death reported in Yellowstone Co. related to H1N1 virus
Posted:<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Oct 23, 2009 7:52 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT> Oct 23, 2009 06:52 PM CDT
Updated:<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Oct 23, 2009 8:28 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT> Oct 23, 2009 07:28 PM CDT
Late Friday afternoon, local health officials confirmed the first death in Yellowstone County related to the H1N1 virus.
Friday night the Unified Health Command hosted a news conference, where it announced that a 6 year old child died here two weeks ago.
The Department of Public Health and Human Services has confirmed the child died of pneumonia, due to complications related to the H1N1 flu.
Health officials say the child had respiratory problems, and they suspected h1n1 at the time, but it was not confirmed until Friday. Because of federal regulations, health officials cannot release more specific information about the child.
So far, three people have died of the H1N1 flu in Montana. The other fatalities occurred in Lewis and Clark County and Roosevelt County.
The H1N1 flu has hit communities across the state hard closing some schools and boosting absenteeism in many others, including here in School District Two.
The Unified Health Command has received more doses of the H1N1 vaccine, and will host a vaccination clinic at 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Shrine Auditorium.
This week RiverStone Health received another shipment of H1N1 vaccine. Because vaccine shipment has been in limited quantity, the Unified Health Command (RiverStone Health, St. Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic) has determined that the most expedient and efficient method of distribution is through a walk-in H1N1 community clinic for those individuals in the priority group to receive vaccine.
Beginning on Monday, October 26<SUP>th</SUP> at 1:00 p.m., RiverStone Health will distribute H1N1 vaccine at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue. Vaccine will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Provided that a sufficient supply of vaccine arrives each week, beginning
Monday and continuing through the month of November, the walk-in H1N1 clinic at the Shrine will be open: Mondays 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
In immunizing people in Yellowstone County, UHC members will continue to follow the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to ensure that the following priority tiers will be among the first to be vaccinated will be pregnant women, then people who live with or provide care for infants less than 6 months (these could include parents, siblings, and daycare providers.) Then health-care and emergency medical service personnel who have direct contact with patients or infectious material. After that children and young adults from 6 months to 24 years and finally people from 25 to 64 who have chronic medical conditions that put them at a higher risk for influenza-related complications.
H1N1 vaccine available at the walk-in clinic contains 975 doses - 750 nasal mist vaccines and 225 injectible vaccines. Because over half of the vaccine available this week is in the nasal mist form, those people who are healthy and in a priority tier will receive the nasal mist form of the H1N1 vaccine.
Posted:<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Oct 23, 2009 7:52 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT> Oct 23, 2009 06:52 PM CDT
Updated:<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var wn_last_ed_date = getLEDate("Oct 23, 2009 8:28 PM EST"); document.write(wn_last_ed_date);</SCRIPT> Oct 23, 2009 07:28 PM CDT
Late Friday afternoon, local health officials confirmed the first death in Yellowstone County related to the H1N1 virus.
Friday night the Unified Health Command hosted a news conference, where it announced that a 6 year old child died here two weeks ago.
The Department of Public Health and Human Services has confirmed the child died of pneumonia, due to complications related to the H1N1 flu.
Health officials say the child had respiratory problems, and they suspected h1n1 at the time, but it was not confirmed until Friday. Because of federal regulations, health officials cannot release more specific information about the child.
So far, three people have died of the H1N1 flu in Montana. The other fatalities occurred in Lewis and Clark County and Roosevelt County.
The H1N1 flu has hit communities across the state hard closing some schools and boosting absenteeism in many others, including here in School District Two.
The Unified Health Command has received more doses of the H1N1 vaccine, and will host a vaccination clinic at 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Shrine Auditorium.
This week RiverStone Health received another shipment of H1N1 vaccine. Because vaccine shipment has been in limited quantity, the Unified Health Command (RiverStone Health, St. Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic) has determined that the most expedient and efficient method of distribution is through a walk-in H1N1 community clinic for those individuals in the priority group to receive vaccine.
Beginning on Monday, October 26<SUP>th</SUP> at 1:00 p.m., RiverStone Health will distribute H1N1 vaccine at the Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue. Vaccine will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Provided that a sufficient supply of vaccine arrives each week, beginning
Monday and continuing through the month of November, the walk-in H1N1 clinic at the Shrine will be open: Mondays 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
In immunizing people in Yellowstone County, UHC members will continue to follow the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to ensure that the following priority tiers will be among the first to be vaccinated will be pregnant women, then people who live with or provide care for infants less than 6 months (these could include parents, siblings, and daycare providers.) Then health-care and emergency medical service personnel who have direct contact with patients or infectious material. After that children and young adults from 6 months to 24 years and finally people from 25 to 64 who have chronic medical conditions that put them at a higher risk for influenza-related complications.
H1N1 vaccine available at the walk-in clinic contains 975 doses - 750 nasal mist vaccines and 225 injectible vaccines. Because over half of the vaccine available this week is in the nasal mist form, those people who are healthy and in a priority tier will receive the nasal mist form of the H1N1 vaccine.
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