HUNTINGTON -- The Cabell-Huntington Health Department will have an H1N1 informational meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30 in Room 2W16 of the Memorial Student Center on Marshall University’s Huntington campus in preparation for H1N1 clinics scheduled Dec. 1 to Dec. 2 at MU.

The focus of the informational meeting will be on the distribution of the H1N1 vaccine. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask public health officials questions about the H1N1 flu and the H1N1 vaccine.

The Cabell-Huntington Health Department Panel will include Dr. Harry Tweel, physician director; Kathleen Napier, nursing director; and Elizabeth Ayers, public information officer. The meeting is open to anyone who would like more information about the H1N1 flu.

The health department will conduct H1N1 clinics for high-risk individuals who live or work in Cabell County or the City of Huntington Dec. 1-2 at Marshall University.

The clinics will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both Tuesday Dec. 1 and Wednesday Dec. 2, at Cam Henderson Center on Marshall’s Huntington campus.

High-risk individuals for H1N1 include:

Pregnant women and nursing mothers People who live with or care for children under 6 months of age Children and adults, 6 months to 24 years of age Adults 24 to 64 years of age who have chronic health conditions (Chronic heart or lung disease, asthma, diabetes, kidney disease, anemia, neurologic/neuromuscular, immunosuppression caused by HIV or medication, cancer, leukemia or other blood disorders (not including high blood pressure) Health care workers who provide direct patient care with acutely ill patients. Adults must show proof of age. Both mist and injectable forms of the vaccine are available.

For those taking an antibiotic, the health department asks that they wait until they have completed the antibiotic before getting the H1N1 vaccine. They should not get an H1N1 vaccine if they have been on Tamiflu or other anti-viral in the 48 hours leading up to the clinic.

No appointment is necessary for these free clinics. There is no fee for the H1N1 flu vaccine.