Here's the latest on public flu clinics around the region:

FLU SEASON

• Hospitals prepare for flu deluge • Clinics offering flu shots • Vaccine supply will be allocated • Flu 2004 section

• Cincinnati Health Department has 19 clinics scheduled at senior centers. The first is Oct. 25 at the Oakley Senior Center, 3882 Paxton Ave. All appointments have been filled, but the city's six public health centers have some supplies left. Call (513) 981-0981.

• Butler County Health Department is out of the flu shot, but it may get another shipment at the end of October.

• Clermont County has six clinics scheduled. The first is 9:30-11:30 a.m. todayat Felicity Social Center, 2002 Main St., Felicity. First come, first served. (513) 536-4026.

• Warren County has clinics scheduled 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. today and 9-11 a.m. Thursday. . The Health Department is at 416 S. East St., Lebanon. First come, first served. (513) 695-1464.

• Northern Kentucky Health District has 800 doses. Two hundred will be set aside for each of these counties: Boone, Kenton, Campbell and Grant. The shots will be given at the end of October or in early November to people who made reservations last week.

• Healthworks, a private company, has 3,000 doses that it is making available to high-risk people on a first-come, first-served basis. The first clinic is scheduled 4-7 p.m. Thursday at Gorman Farms, 3035 Gorman Heritage Farm Lane, Evendale. If any supplies are left, another clinic will be held for high-risk populations 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdayat M.E. Lyons YMCA, 8108 Clough Pike, Anderson Township. Shots are $20 each. (513) 751-1288.

For people who are unable to get the flu vaccine this year, public health officials recommend trying FluMist, the nasal spray prescribed for people ages 5-49.

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