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The Fairbanks school district will be offering free vaccines to kids. (File/KTUU-DT)by The Associated Press
Friday, November 06, 2009
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A sixth Alaskan has died from swine flu. State health officials said Thursday that the woman, who was from Fairbanks, died Oct. 27.
Officials tell the Anchorage Daily News that the woman was middle-aged and had multiple existing health conditions that contributed to her death. Five of the state's six swine flu victims were from Fairbanks.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is planning to provide free swine flu vaccines for any school-age children in the borough at a series of clinics scheduled to begin Nov. 19.
State officials say one dose of the vaccine is enough for children ages 10 and older. But children ages 6 months to 9 years should receive a second dose about four weeks later.
The school district is not requiring the vaccine but is recommending it.
The district is no longer tracking swine flu cases but is keeping a daily count of the number of students with flu-like symptoms.
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