The following was released by Clark County Public Health on Nov. 4:

Starting Wednesday, the Clark County Public Health is giving H1N1 vaccine to people 6 months old through age 64 who have chronic medical conditions such as heart, lung, and kidney disease, as well as others that put them at risk of complications from H1N1 influenza.

In addition, Public Health will continue to provide H1N1 vaccine to these other priority groups:

• Pregnant women because they are at high risk of complications from H1N1.
• Health care workers because they can be a potential source of infection for vulnerable patients and also because increased absenteeism among health care professionals could reduce healthcare system capacity.
• Children ages 6 months through age 19 in group settings, which increases the likelihood of disease spread.
• Parents and caregivers of children younger than 6 months, so they don't pass the virus to their infants.
• Prioritizing who receives H1N1 vaccine has been necessary because of the very small amounts of vaccine received to date in Southwest Washington. As vaccine production increases over the coming weeks, health officials expect enough vaccine will eventually be available for everyone.

For more information, visit www.FluNewsSWWashington.org or call 1-877-510-2772.

The Public Health H1N1 vaccine clinic is open Wednesday, November 4 through Friday, November 6, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The clinic is located at 6100 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver, Washington.