Getting your flu shot and updated COVID-19 immunization shot protects you, your family and your community against serious illness. Do your part by getting your shots now.
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We’re coming up on the start of flu season, everybody is gearing up for colder weather and coronavirus is still circulating throughout the news cycle. So, it seems like a legitimate time to talk about influenza, right? Maybe? Well, here’s
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Well. I’m afraid this blog post didn’t age quite as well as I would have hoped. I wrote this back in late January and back when I wrote it, there hadn’t been any real major community transmission outside of China.
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To understand how the flu vaccine works, you need to understand how your immune system works. I feel compelled by duty to my profession to type this out. Please, share the heck out of this, because people need to know this
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the single best way to protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each year. In 2016-2017, for example, flu vaccination prevented an estimated 5.3 million influenza illnesses, 2.6 million
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We know to plan for winter’s temperature swings and snowstorms, but we must also prepare for its seasonal cold and flu viruses. While the single best way to fight the flu is to get vaccinated, knowing proper hand washing technique
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Did you get a flu shot this winter? If not, you should, and it isn’t too late to realize the benefits. According to state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Iowa is one of just a few
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It’s that time of year to enjoy the changing fall colors, carve pumpkins, go to football games and get shot – the flu shot, that is. Influenza is a highly contagious viral infection that affects mainly the nose, throat, chest
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