Local health departments are offering free H1N1 vaccines at upcoming public clinics and by appointment. The Summit County Health District has scheduled these clinics for this week: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Village of Richfield Senior Center, 4410 W. Streetsboro Road; 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library, 3512 Darrow Road; and 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Norton Community Center, 4060 Columbia Woods Drive.

The Akron Health Department is offering these vaccine clinics this month: 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Interval Brotherhood Home, 3445 S. Main St.; 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 19 at Firestone Park Community Center, 1480 Girard St.; 3 to 6 p.m. Jan. 20 at Manchester United Methodist Church, 5625 Manchester Road.

Also, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Northwest Family Recreation Center, 1730 Shatto Ave.; 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 22 at the University of Akron Quaker Station, 135 S. Broadway; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Kenmore Senior Community Center, 880 Kenmore Blvd.; and 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 27 at the Ellet Community Center, 2449 Wedgewood Drive.