The DuPage County Health Department is now offering flu shots to DuPage County residents 4 years or older, This is in response to improved flu vaccine supply. Delays in the manufacture and delivery of flu vaccine have caused shortages in DuPage County and nationwide. The Health Department briefly suspended flu clinics after totally distributing a supply of vaccine that had arrived during the summer. The Health Department has received another delivery and is offering flu shots by appointment only.
Influenza is an upper respiratory infection caused by a specific kind of virus.
Flu season generally runs from December to April. Call the public health center nearest to your home for an appointment.