Vaccines

How Your Pharmacist Can Help You Stay "Flu Free" This Year

Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 5th, 2011

2011 OCT 5 -- According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 5 to 20 percent of the US population is infected with influenza every year, and over the past 31 years, annual influenza related deaths have ranged from 3,000 to 49,000. The CDC recommends patients receive a flu shot every year, because last year's flu shot will not protect you again.

Getting a flu shot each year is the best way to protect yourself from infection. According to the American Pharmacists Association, across the country, more than 150,000 pharmacists have completed training as immunization providers for their communities. In all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-10-05)

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