Readiness Workshop to Focus on Swine Flu

The state’s higher education institutions will gather from 9:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 25 at West Virginia State University to hear key facts on H1N1 flu from health experts.

Information regarding the state’s response to H1N1 and guidance for campuses also will be provided. The focus of the workshop will be the availability of federal funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for campus planning and vaccination clinics. Attendees will include institutional staff in the areas of administration, student affairs, communications/public relations, and health services, as well as state health officials.

West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and West Virginia Bureau for Public Health are sponsoring the event.