{"id":11360,"date":"2024-11-19T09:48:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/?p=11360"},"modified":"2024-12-03T09:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:50:22","slug":"protect-your-patients-from-influenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/protect-your-patients-from-influenza\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Patients from Influenza\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protect Your Patients from Influenza<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>We expect a high number of influenza cases this winter. Vaccination is the most effective tool available to prevent severe respiratory illness and hospitalization. Nationally, there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/flu\/whats-new\/2023-2024-pediatric-deaths-200.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">200 pediatric flu-related death in the 2023-2024 season<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/fluview\/surveillance\/2024-week-45.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one pediatric death resulting from flu this season.<\/a> The ideal time to receive the influenza vaccine is now, before holiday gatherings and influenza peaks. Below, review eligibility recommendations from the CDC and stay updated on flu products available to order through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommendations for Flu Immunization and Co-Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDC recommends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Everyone aged six months and older should get an annual influenza vaccination.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If needed, influenza and other vaccines (e.g., COVID-19, RSV,\u00a0nirsevimab) may be given at the same visit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VFC Products Available for the 2024 &#8211; 2025 Flu Season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"544\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840.png 868w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840-480x301.png 480w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840-700x439.png 700w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-11-19-100840-600x376.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <strong>order influenza vaccine<\/strong> anytime\u2014no need to wait between orders or complete a reconciliation.<br>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/ordering-receiving\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8726\">ordering page<\/a> for instructions on how to place your order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect Your Patients from Influenza We expect a high number of influenza cases this winter. Vaccination is the most effective tool available to prevent severe respiratory illness and hospitalization. Nationally, there were 200 pediatric flu-related death in the 2023-2024 season, and one pediatric death resulting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flu","category-vfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaccines.phila.gov\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}