Flu vaccine

The HSE has launched its annual winter vaccination programme ahead of a possible “twindemic” of Covid-19 and flu infections. Many pharmacies nationwide are ...

The free flu vaccine is being rolled out by the HSE to certain groups from today (Monday), along with an invitation to over 65s and medically vulnerable ...

The new jab is called an 'adapted bivalent' booster and is specifically designed to tackle the Omicron variant.

PRNewswire/ -- With flu season beginning next month, Superior HealthPlan is again encouraging Texans to get the flu vaccine through its annual Fluvention®.

The HSE has launched their winter vaccination programme, with the Irish public set to be offered jabs for the flu and boosters to protect them from the ...

COVID booster jabs which are targeted at the Omicron variant are set to be rolled out from TODAY.They will be administered along with the annual flu s.

Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall. And for the first time, seniors are urged to get a special ...

After flu hit historically low levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be poised for a comeback.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Health officials are urging residents to receive their flu shot this year after a tough flu season just ended in Australia, ...

Experts predict widespread infection after two mild seasons. To promote the health and safety of our campus and local community, West Virginia University is ...

[exemption form](https://sole.hsc.wvu.edu/Apps/News/Files/eff2d00b-6da5-4b73-86ee-cc1c8e02e2ef/Flu%20Medical%20Exemption%20Form%202022%20-%20System.pdf) to [HROneSource](https://www.hronesource.org/CherwellPortal/HROneSource?_=5e8a90c4#0) by Wednesday, Nov. Both the WVU Medicine Student Health and WVU Medicine Urgent Care clinics also offer COVID-19 vaccination opportunities. Flu shots are fully covered under PEIA and The Health Plan for insured WVU employees, spouses and dependent family members. [WVU Medicine Urgent Care](https://wvumedicine.org/wvum-services/urgent-care/) and [Primary Care](https://wvumedicine.org/wvum-services/primary-care/) locations are currently offering appointments. Flu shots also are covered for students under the Aetna Student Health insurance plan. If requesting medical or religious exemption for the flu vaccine, you will need to submit an WVU Medicine requires all staff, providers, residents, students and volunteers to have a flu vaccination unless they have an approved medical or religious exemption. The CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for everyone six months and older. [West Virginia University](http://wvu.edu/) is encouraging all students, faculty and staff to get an influenza vaccination this fall. Following two mild flu seasons, due in part to COVID-19 safety guidelines such as masking and social distancing, experts are predicting more widespread infection this year. to 4 p.m. [WVU Medicine Student Health](https://health.wvu.edu/student-health/) during regular business hours from 7:45 a.m.

Scott Antel of St. Louis gets his annual flu shot at a free BJC Healthcare clinic before the Blues game at Enterprise Center on Thursday. Health officials are ...

Flu shots are back in stock for DC residents. Visit a COVID Center to get both your free flu shot and COVID-19 vaccination or booster shot.

The flu vaccine not only protects you from influenza, it may help to protect the brain from dementia, strengthen your heart and improve longevity.​​

[a 2018 Canadian study](https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1702090?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), people who got the flu were 6 times more likely to have a heart attack within a week of getting the diagnosis. Higher-risk vaccinated individuals with acute coronary syndrome — a group of conditions that abruptly stop blood flow to the heart — had a 45 percent risk reduction of major cardiovascular event, and a 56 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease in the year after they got the shot, How the flu shot protects the heart isn’t fully known, but it may have to do with the plaques that build up on artery walls of people with heart disease. The body’s immune response to the flu creates inflammation that is believed to disrupt these fat deposits, causing blood clots that may trigger heart attacks and strokes. “Vaccines should be thought of as one layer of protection, and the more layers one has, the better.” In addition, flu can be a trigger for heart attacks and strokes in people at high risk for them. A new study led by the University of Toronto that incorporated six previous studies covering more than 9,000 patients showed that people who received a flu vaccine had a 34 percent lower risk of a major cardiovascular event in the 12 months following vaccination. “But they may also modify the immune system in such a way that it’s better at either cleaning up amyloid and tau [the proteins responsible for the plaques and tangles that are the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s] or by preventing these proteins from building up in the first place.” The findings: Those who got a flu shot were 40 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease over a four-year period. There seems to be protection from illness even when vaccines aren’t perfectly matched to the strain of flu virus circulating (since the shot is formulated months in advance). Not getting sick from the flu is reason enough to roll up your sleeve for a flu vaccine every fall. Perhaps by preventing the flu, the shot quells inflammation that can lead to harmful brain changes.

Meanwhile other residents are opting out of the shot. "I like to let their immune systems fight off any sickness," said Melissa Bunz, a Tyler resident. "That ...

The HSE is asking people in south Tipperary, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wexford to get the flu vaccine. The HSE/South East Community Healthcare (SEC...

“This winter, both the flu and COVID-19 viruses are expected to circulate. in the south east, received her flu vaccine at the launch (a clinic at the HSE’s offices in Lacken, Kilkenny): The flu vaccine launch coincided with the rollout by the HSE of the adapted bivalent vaccines.