Free H1N1 Flu Shots in Downtown LA on Sunday, Feb 28

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If You Still Haven’t Gotten Your H1N1 Vaccine 

You May be Risking Your Life and Putting Your Family in Danger

The H1N1 Flu is a Serious Virus that Can Lead to Death:

The Vaccine is Safe & Effective and Can Save Your Life

Don’t Miss the Opportunity to Get FREE H1N1 Vaccines For Your Entire Family at the Following Special Community Vaccine Clinics, starting this weekend:


• Sunday, February 28, 2010 – 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Ángeles – La Placita
535 N. Main Street, Los Ángeles, CA 90012


• Sunday, March 14, 2010 – 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Immaculate Conception Parish
1433 James M. Wood Blvd., Los Ángeles CA, 90015


• Sunday, March 28, 2010 – 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
407 S. Chicago St., Los Ángeles, CA 90033

For more information, please visit www.FluShotLA.com or call the Los Angeles County Help Line toll-free at 2-1-1.

Family Copes with H1N1

Photo Credit: Joe Brier, for USA TODAY

USA Today recounts a family's struggle after two of the children come down with the H1N1 flu.  

Beri, 10, and Bailey, 13, contracted swine flu. Each posed a different challenge because their unique risks — Beri's autism and epilepsy and Bailey's asthma — made them more difficult to treat.

Read the full story in USA Today here.


Watch a video on why young people are more susceptible to H1N1:

H1N1 expert Dr. Anthony Fauci explains why younger people are more susceptible to the swine flu than Americans over the age of 65.


For more information on H1N1 for Asthmatics (and their parents), click here.
It's not too late to get vaccinated. Find the nearest location at http://www.FluShotLA.com.

A Family Left Behind: Los Angeles Times

Photo Credits: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / January 18, 2010

Today, the Los Angeles Times featured a story about Virginia Roma, a pregnant mother who tragically lost her life due to pneumonia, believed to have been a complication of the H1N1 virus.  According to health officials...

[Pregnant women] have been hospitalized at four times the rate of the general population and have died at six times the average rate, according to various estimates. In a study of 63 pregnant women in California who were hospitalized with H1N1 between April 23 and Aug. 11,61 were so sick they were placed in intensive care. Seventeen died.

Virginia is survived by her husband, Miguel, who now cares for their six children ranging in age from 15 years old to 7 months.

The article goes into detail about why pregnant women are at greater risk if they get the H1N1 flu:

Hormones and the immune system also change during pregnancy, which makes it harder for pregnant women like Virginia to fight infection. Further, statistics released earlier this month by the state Department of Public Health show that in California, Latinos have been twice as likely as whites to die from H1N1, in part because they have less access to healthcare and are more likely to have other chronic health problems or wait longer to seek help.

Read the full story about Virginia and her family at the Los Angeles Times here.


More information and resources on H1N1 for Pregnant Women are available here.
To find the nearest location to get the H1N1 vaccination, visit http://www.FluShotLA.com.