Flu Info
Every year in the United States, on average 5-20% of the population becomes infected with influenza virus. More than 200,000 people are hospitalized from influenza complications and about 36,000 people die from influenza. Vaccination is the best way to prevent influenza and its severe complications. Anyone who wants to reduce their risk for getting influenza should be vaccinated during each influenza season. Annual influenza vaccination is recommended for the following groups:
Persons at high risk for influenza-related complications and severe disease, including:
~children aged 6-59 months
~pregnant women
~persons aged ≥ 50 years and
~persons of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
Persons who live with or care for persons at high risk, including:
~household members in frequent contact with persons at high risk and who can transmit influenza to
those persons at high risk and
~health-care workers.
Helpful Resources
-
For information on influenza vaccination clinics in your area, please visit:
The VNA of Southeastern Connecticut and select clinic
-
For more information on influenza, please visit the CDC's Flu site.
-
For information on pandemic influenza prevention and response planning, please visit our Disease Prevention and Response Section.
This icon indicates that the link is a PDF file which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view & print the file.
