Flu update
December 1, 2009
Student Health Services to Offer H1N1 Shot and Nasal Spray Vaccines Tuesday
The University of South Carolina Student Health Services has received a very limited supply of injectable H1N1 vaccines. It will offer a walk-in vaccine clinic on the main level of the Thomson Student Health Center Tuesday, Dec. 1 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
In accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, the injectable vaccine will be made available to faculty, staff and students who:
- Are age 64 and under AND have chronic medical conditions OR a weakened immune system
- Are pregnant
Student Health Services will also offer the intranasal H1N1 vaccine at this clinic to healthy faculty, staff and students who:
- Are age 49 or younger
- In good health (no recent fever, illness, infection)
- Are not pregnant
- Do not have children at home six months of age or younger
- Not caring for someone with a compromised immunity
- No chronic medical conditions
- Do not have a weakened immune system
You MUST bring your University ID card to receive the vaccine. There is no charge for the vaccine.
Please note that Student Health Services' current supply of the H1N1 flu vaccine is limited. This clinic is one of many Student Health Services will offer as additional vaccine is made available to us.
Please monitor this page for updates on future clinics and information on how to prevent the flu.
November 11, 2009
The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 flu on the University of South Carolina campus is low. All cases have been mild, and business and classes are being conducted as usual. University officials continue to work closely with local, state and federal public health officials in preparing our campus and are prepared to handle situations that may arise. Students are being cared for at the Thomson Student Health Center.
The University is receiving limited supplies of H1N1 vaccine, and health officials are following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for administering it at clinics across campus. Details on those clinics as well as information about the H1N1 vaccine can be found here.
The Thomson Student Health Center is currently out of the seasonal flu vaccine. While no date has been determined for delivery of additional flu vaccines, as soon as that information becomes available, it will be posted on the Student Health Services Seasonal Flu page.