Flu shot clinic coming

Influenza immunization clinics will again be provided to faculty, staff and students by University Health Services, the Occupational Health Program of the UW- Madison Safety Department and the Visiting Nurse Service of Dane County.

The clinics are scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2-3 at Memorial Union and Nov. 9-10 at Union South.

Faculty and staff pay $8 a shot. If a faculty or staff member has a Medicare card, it will be accepted to cover the cost. HMOs typically provide free flu shots, though the campus clinics may be handier.

Who should get a flu shot? Anyone who doesn’t want to get the flu, says Carla Alvarado, manager of the Occupational Health Program.

More information on the immunization clinics can be found on the UHS web site, http://www.uhs.wisc.edu; for information about the flu, visit: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluinfo.htm. And if you want to learn more about immunizations, visit: http://www.medscape.com/Affiliates/NCAI/index.html.