If you want one of the first shots available of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, today’s the day to make a phone call. The county will open a hotline at 4:00 p.m. Monday afternoon and will make appointments for a shot until 7:00 p.m. or until all appointments are gone. Call 349-8700. Read the story for full details. […]
The Oswego County Health Department will accept appointments for H1N1 flu vaccine from people who are in priority groups for receiving the vaccine. To make an appointment for an H1N1 flu vaccine, residents should call 349-8700 from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12. […]
Protect yourself – protect others. Fulton School District officials are asking people to help prevent swine flu from spreading in Fulton schools. Frequent hand washing, using hand sanitizers and sneezing into your sleeve are among the ways to prevent the spread of the flu bug. […]
Considerations included addressing the possibility of a surge of cases on campus, immunization protocols, stockpiling supplies, communications and alerts, off-site instruction, cross-training, continuity of operations and suspension of classes, tuition reimbursement, case reporting procedures and coordinating with SUNY System Administration and the state and county health departments. […]
The Oswego County Health Department will hold its first seasonal flu clinic on Monday, September 21, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Nick Sterio Public Health Clinic on Bunner Street in Oswego. The next flu clinics are scheduled for Wednesday, September 30 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the H. Douglas Barclay Courthouse on Bridge Street in Pulaski; and from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Nick Sterio Public Health Clinic on Bunner Street in Oswego.
If nothing else, Hannibal school students should have cleaner hands this year.
Regular hand washing is a key component of the district’s plan to try to keep down the spread of the H1N1 virus. District officials discussed the plan Wednesday night at a public meeting attended by fewer than a dozen people. […]
The district intends to share its plan for communicating to the community during the expected outbreak of H1N1 this fall and winter. It will also outline the steps being taken at school to lessen the spread of the virus and give parents some ideas on how to protect their children from the flu. […]
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While only a small number of local residents have become ill with suspect cases of the H1N1 flu, Oswego Health’s vice president for medical affairs Renato Mandanas, M.D., said that there are simple steps that can be taken to avoid the illness. 
The district will outline its plan for communicating during any outbreak, tell parents what they can do to help stop the spread of the flu and discuss the steps the district will take to keep flu from spreading.