Franklin Community Health Network is reminding residents that it has an influenza (flu) hotline for Greater Franklin County.
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The 2014-15 flu season in California was considered moderately severe, with 78 deaths in people under 65, according to a recent department report.
The CDC also recommends that people from the age of six months and older receive their flu shot as soon as possible.
The flu can have serious complications for children under the age of five, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with already-weakened immune systems. These are quickly followed by fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches and fatigue, running nose, sneezing, watery eyes and sore throat, says the PHAC.
Australians will be given access to a stronger flu vaccine for 2016, following a record number of influenza cases this year.
The district health unit’s flu shot clinics in the Leeds and Grenville area will start later this month.
Everyone knows that this signals the beginning of fall; what you may not know is that it also signals the beginning of flu season. Standard seasonal flu shots cost $30 per person.
Last year, three children in MI died due to complications from influenza.
Interior Health distributes the supply in waves, meaning stores will get it in two or three batches as the season gets underway, he said.
Heath officials say that it is not too late to get the vaccine.
Flu vaccinations are available through health care providers, physicians, clinics and pharmacies as well as at regularly scheduled immunization clinics offered by Yolo County.
It’s flu season and when you’re working at a place with a lot of people coming through everyday it makes it harder to avoid getting sick.
The Trumbull Health Department will continue offering Quadrivalent Flu shots on Mondays and Tuesdays starting Monday, November 9.
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Saturday, December 5, from 2 to 5 p.m.at the Health & Human Services office, 111 E. Grant Ave.in Winters.
