At this time, we are booking our flu vaccine clinics ~2-3 weeks out, but do not panic – we will get your child(ren) in for a flu vaccine! It is still early in the season, and luckily we have yet to experience much flu-like illness in the office. Please keep in mind that we will
We realize that there are many places offering flu vaccines this time of year – pharmacies, schools, etc. If your child receives a flu vaccine some place other than our office, please send us a portal message or give us a call and let us know the date it was received. We would like to
We are beginning to schedule flu vaccine clinics here at Genesis Pediatrics! Please call the office at 426-4100 to schedule an appointment for your child(ren). IMPORTANT: Genesis Pediatrics will only be offering the injectable flu vaccine (a “shot”) for this flu season. The intranasal FluMist is still not available based on the previous recommendation
During the 2016-17 season, more than 100 U.S. children died of the flu, and thousands more were hospitalized for severe illness or complications from the virus. Historically, more than 80 percent of children who died of influenza were not vaccinated.
We are beginning to schedule flu vaccine clinics here at Genesis Pediatrics! Please call the office at 426-4100 to schedule an appointment for your child(ren). IMPORTANT: Genesis Pediatrics will only be offering the injectable flu vaccine for the upcoming flu season. The intranasal FluMist was NOT ordered based on the recommendation from the CDC
IMPORTANT INFORMATION about the upcoming Flu season: The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has advised AGAINST the use of FluMist, the intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine, for this upcoming 2016-2017 flu season. This recommendation is following an analysis that showed the poor efficacy of this type of flu vaccine during the past three flu