Oregon Public Broadcasting

Because of the slow flow of H1N1 vaccine into Oregon, the state health department is changing the priority list of who should get it first. Kristian Foden-Vencil reports.

State epidemiologist, Dr. Mel Kohn, says rather than give healthy children and young adults the vaccine, it needs to be given to people who have underlying health problems -- like asthma.

Mel Kohn: "H1N1 has been circulating here now long enough that we're getting a clearer picture of who's being affected. And we want to make sure that all of the work that we're doing really reflects what's happening here in the state."