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VANDERBURGH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
420 MULBERRY STREET
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA 47713-1231

Media Release

Last Day to Attend  Hepatitis A Shot Clinics

EVANSVILLE, May 17, 2012—Today is the last day for those patrons who dined at the Lone Star Restaurant located in the Eastland Place Shopping Center at 943 N. Green River Road Evansville IN, 47715 to receive their free Hepatitis A vaccine.

Hepatitis A vaccine will be provided at the Vanderburgh County Health Department at 420 Mulberry Street on Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Those who have symptoms of illness should not attend the clinics but should seek immediate medical attention.

Symptoms of Hepatitis A include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, pale colored stools, and dark urine. Jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes, may occur a few days after symptoms appear.

Persons MUST receive the vaccine within 14 days of exposure for the vaccine to be effective. Persons presenting for vaccine 14 or more days after exposure will not be vaccinated and instructed to seek medical care if they develop symptoms.

Anyone who ate or drank at the Lone Star May 3, 2012 may have been exposed and at risk of developing Hepatitis A. Persons who are fully vaccinated against Hepatitis A or have a previous history of Hepatitis A disease are considered protected from disease and not at risk.  

The following chart shows the last day to be vaccinated for each day in question.

Persons who ate or drank at the Lone Star from April 20-May 2, 2012 could also get Hepatitis A, but should not receive vaccine because it is considered to be ineffective for exposure past 14 days. Those people should seek medical care if they show symptoms of Hepatitis A.

For more information, go to www.vanderburghgov.org/health and click on the Hepatitis button,
E-mail health@vanderburghgov.org, or call the Department at 435-2400 and select option 1.

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