UPDATE: The St. Charles County health department announced Friday they have expanded the priority groups for Saturday’s clinic. SARA Services has received a supply of H1N1 vaccine that is approved for children ages 6 months to 4 years.

EARLIER POST: More…

After canceling a clinic last month, the Wentzville School District announced this afternoon that officials now have H1N1 doses in both the FluMist and injectable vaccine.

A vaccination clinic is planned for Saturday at Holt High School first for children ages 3 to 9 that…

The first H1N1 flu vaccination clinic scheduled for Saturday for students in Wentzville schools has been canceled, officials announced on the district website today.

The school district will not be receiving the vaccinations this week as previously scheduled due to distribution…

The news this week includes the closure of four Jefferson County schoolsdue to flu absences and the start of H1N1 vaccinations in the Hazelwood School District. 

In St. Charles County, the Wentzville School District told parents today they are preparing to have H1N1…

The Boonslick State School for the Severely Disabled in St. Peters has shut down because of an outbreak of flu-like illness.

Jim Morris, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, said the school suspended classes on Monday when more…

Last week, we wrote about the first outbreak of type A influenza in schools for the new year in districts such as Wentzville and Fort Zumwalt. On Monday, the Orchard Farm School District alerted parents to an elementary school case.

The student is…

The St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment is looking for volunteers to help staff vaccination clinics for the H1N1 flu, also known as swine flu.

Hope Woodson, public health response planner, said the department is preparing a list…

UPDATE: The cases involve one student at Boone Trail Elementary, one at Holt High School, and 10 at Wentzville Middle School. Attendance at Wentzville Middle is at about 90 percent today, compared to 94-95 percent on an average day. More…

Here’s an update on our earlier post this week about two more swine flu cases in St. Charles County.

The Fort Zumwalt School District sent a letter home to parents Tuesday afternoon informing them that two students have swine flu.

The student…

Post-Dispatch Reporter Blythe Bernhard reports over at Health Matters on the updated numbers of swine flu cases in Missouri. As of today, that includes two more people in St. Charles County.

The cases involve a teenage boy and girl. No word about which schools the…