The Jasper Newton County Public Health District (JNCPHD) announces that H1N1 clinics will be held in Tyler County on Friday, January 15, 2010, and Jasper and Newton Counties on Friday, January 15, and Saturday, January 16, 2010.

Jasper County Location

Kirbyville: Jasper Newton County Public Health District
205-A East Lavielle – Kirbyville, Texas

Dates/Time: Friday, January 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Newton County Location

Burkeville: Burkeville Independent School District
231 CR 2099 – Burkeville, Texas

Dates/Time: Friday, January 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Tyler County Location

Fred: Fred Elementary School Campus
140 CR 4560 – Fred, Texas

Date/Time: Friday, January 15, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Warren: Warren Junior High School
312 CR 1515 – Warren, Texas

Date/Time: Friday, January 15, 2010
1:00. p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Currently available is the Flu-Mist (Live Attenuated Intranasal vaccine) which is sprayed into the nose and the injectable vaccine.

The free vaccine clinics are opened to the general public. It is recommended that everyone be vaccinated.

If you have any questions, please contact one of the clinics near your location.

Changes to school immunization requirements for five vaccines take effect Aug. 1 according to Texas Department of State Health Services officials.

Follow this link to see the official New School Immunization Requirements Effective Aug. 1 press release.

“The changes were made to update the Texas elementary and secondary school immunization requirements to more closely match recommendations by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,” said Jack Sims, DSHS immunization branch manager.

Changes affect mainly students entering kindergarten and seventh grade. All immunizations must be completed by the first day of attendance at public and private schools. The vaccines and new requirements are:

· Hepatitis A vaccine: Students entering kindergarten statewide must have had two doses of the hepatitis A vaccine.

· Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine: Students entering kindergarten must have had two doses of the MMR vaccine. Students in grades 1 through 12 must continue to meet the current requirement, which is two doses of a measles-containing vaccine and one dose each of mumps and rubella vaccine.

· Varicella vaccine: Students entering kindergarten and seventh grade must have had two doses. Students in grades 1 though 6 and 8 through 12 must continue to meet the current requirement, which is one dose of varicella vaccine.

· Tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis-containing vaccine (Tdap): Students entering seventh grade must have had one dose of Tdap vaccine. Students in seventh grade must have had a booster dose of Tdap, but only if it has been five years since their last dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine. Students in grades 8 through 12 must have had a booster dose of Tdap if it has been 10 years since their last dose of a tetanus-containing vaccine.

· Menigococcal vaccine: Students entering seventh grade must have had one dose.

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