Seasonal influenza ("flu") vaccine recommendations for the 2011-12 flu season

Influenza spreads readily from person to person in schools, workplaces and homes. Everyone over 6 months of age should get the annual flu vaccine to prevent sickness, unnecessary healthcare visits, hospitalizations and deaths from influenza.

This year, a single flu vaccine provides protection against three strains of influenza--the H1N1 strain that caused the illness in the past two seasons, and 2 other flu viruses that caused illness last season. People should get vaccinated now, as soon as the vaccine is available from their healthcare provider or pharmacy - protection lasts throughout the flu season.

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