County may add nurse for H1N1 vaccinations

In light of suspected swine flu cases sweeping through Whitman County schools, county health officials are now looking to hire an extra nurse on a contractual basis.

The county will need more hands on deck to administer the special H1N1 vaccine (swine flu vaccine), which is set to arrive in October or November, Fran Martin, county health department director, said Tuesday.

The county has a shortage of people qualified to administer vaccinations.

Public schools in the county, excluding the university, had anywhere from three to 12 percent of their students out because of the flu, according to a...