Contact your health care provider or local health department for a list of doctors who give these shots. Your city or county health department or local hospital may operate clinics that provide these vaccines. It will depend on your insurance coverage. Check with your health care provider or clinic and your health insurance for exact cost rates. Medicare Part B pays for influenza and pneumococcal shots.
Vaccines are some of the safest medicines around.
Some common side effects include mild soreness in the arm or a low fever. All medicines, including vaccines, pose the rare chance of serious side effects, even death. But, for most people, the risks from the diseases are far greater than the risks from the vaccines. You should speak with your health care provider about possible side effects. Speak with health care provider or health department as early as possible to find out what vaccines you will need.