Two doses recommended for kids
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Children in Sequoyah County, ages 9 and under, who received their first dose of H1N1 flu vaccine at school, are now eligible to receive their second dose.

The second dose will be given from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at Sequoyah County Health Department in Sallisaw. 

Children ages 6 months through 9 years are recommended to receive two doses of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control recommends that the two doses be separated by 28 days.

For more information about H1N1 influenza, visit www.health.ok.gov or call the Oklahoma State Department of Health toll-free H1N1 hotline at 1-866-278-7134. Phones are answered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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