Protect Yourself this Holiday Season

Posted by Team Dewhurst - Fri, December 04, 2009 at 01:58 PM

As of Nov 21, 171 people in Texas have died from swine flu.*

Now health departments in Austin and across the state are making the vaccine available to everyone.

"We don't want people to become complacent," said Carrie Williams, a spokeswoman for the Department of State Health Services. "We are heading into the holiday season, and we're expecting to see another wave (of illness). Flu is unpredictable."

Read more for locations and details. *an earlier version misprinted Texas' death count at 21,171