Nov 7, 2009 8:31 pm US/Eastern
NYC Opens Clinics For Swine Flu Vaccinations
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In this photo illustration the H1N1 swine flu vaccination Pandemic is pictured at Charite clinical center on Oct.26, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
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New York City health officials have opened weekend clinics for swine flu vaccinations.
The clinics were opened Saturday in all five boroughs. Health officials say about 1,000 school-age children received the vaccination on Saturday.
Starting Sunday, people 4 to 24 years old and pregnant women of any age will be able to get the vaccine at the clinics.
The clinics are open on weekends from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in November and December.
Meanwhile, the latest H1N1 research shows the virus is now targeting people of every age, not just the young.
Dr. Janice K. Louie of the California Department of Public Health led research looking at 1,088 patients who were hospitalized or died with H1N1 from April to August of this year.
The study was featured in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.
They found that H1N1 infections can be life threatening even if you don't necessarily have the risk factors for severe complications.
Even healthy people can end up hospitalized.
"And another interesting fact, we found that there is a perception that the elderly are protected and have some pre-existing immunity when in fact in our study, if the elderly were admitted and severely ill they often ended up dying," Louie said.
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