Get a flu shot now – for your benefit and your neighbors'
- Written by Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, Commissioner of Health and Hospitals of Rockland County, Fellows Ambassador New York Academy of Medicine, Adjunct Professor in the Institute of Public Health, New York Medical College, Certified Physician Executive, Assistan
A nurse in Atlanta reaches for a vial of vaccine to prepare for an injection. David Goldman/AP PhotoIf you do nothing else the next few days, get a flu shot.
The best time to get a flu shot is by the end of October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises. Considering the severity of last year’s flu, it is especially important...
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