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Get a Flu Shot: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
The best way to prevent the flu is to get a flu shot. Adults age 50 and older should get a flu shot every year.... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Search Flu Frequent Questions (FAQs)
Search the Flu.gov database by keyword to find answers to frequently asked questions about the flu. Learn how you can stay healthy. ... Details >
Find a Flu Clinic 
The American Lung Association offers this Flu Shot Locator to make it easy to find flu shot clinics by ZIP code.... Details >
“Take 3” Steps To Fight The Flu
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides three actions you can take to protect yourself and others from influenza (the flu) this season. These actions will protect against the new... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A Parents Guide to Kids' Vaccines
Vaccines have contributed to a significant reduction in many childhood diseases, such as diphtheria, measles, and whooping cough. This document offers information on types of vaccines, benefits and ri... Details >
Antibiotic Use: What Everyone Should Know and Do
Learn which common illnesses are usually viral or bacterial and when antibiotics are necessary. Learn about the proper use of antibiotics.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Children, the Flu, and the Flu Vaccine
This document provides information on the dangers of flu to children and those who are at increased risk for flu complications, vaccination recommendations, and when to get your child vaccinated. ... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Don't Get Sidelined by the Flu Campaign
Children are two-to-three times more likely to get sick with the flu and spread the virus to others. Because flu outbreaks are a major concern to schools nationwide, the National Association of School... Details >
Faces of Influenza
The American Lung Association’s Faces of Influenza Web site offers personal stories of people affected by influenza (flu), a potentially deadly disease. Find out if you are at risk, learn myths and fa... Details >
Fight Flu and Pneumonia
This publication describes the flu, explains which groups of people should get the flu shot and why, directs people on when to get the shot, and informs people on Medicare where they can go to get flu... Details >