Flu Shots
A great opportunity to protect yourself and those around you!

Flu vaccine is available each year at Walker Health Center for Students (FREE!!!!!!!!) and a fee for Faculty and Staff.

Who should get a flu shot? People who...

  • want to avoid contracting influenza;
  • work in child care or work in a nursing home;
  • are immunocompromised from disease or medication;
  • have chronic disease such as asthma, diabetes or heart, liver or lung disease.

Who should NOT get a flu shot? People who...

  • had an allergic reaction to flu vaccine in the past;
  • are allergic to eggs or chickens;
  • developed Guillian-Barre syndrome, a rare, serious autoimmune disease of the nerves outside the brain and the spinal cord. If you have had this disease after flu vaccine you are more likely to get it again;
  • have a fever right now. When your fever is gone you can return for flu vaccine.
 Last Updated: 6/19/08