Even healthy people can get the flu, and it can be serious.  Everyone 6 months and older should get flu vaccine every year.  This means you.  This season, protect yourself - and those around you - by getting vaccinated. 

Attention Health Professionals: 2011-12 Flu Season Materials Now Available!

Information for Specific Groups 

 

What You Should Know 

• Is It a Cold or the Flu?       
• Clinical signs, symptoms, and complications of influenza 
• How influenza is spread and how to prevent it 
• Updated! Where to get flu vaccine  
• What to do if you get sick 
• CDC "Why Flu Vaccination Matters" YouTube Video     
• Seasonal Influenza Video Vignette
     
   

• Antiviral Drugs  
• Michigan influenza surveillance 
  • Michigan current influenza activity (Flu Focus) 
  • Michigan Flu Focus Archives 
  • MDCH laboratory influenza testing and surveillance 
  • Doctors' office visits due to flu-like illness (graphs) 
• U.S. influenza activity (CDC) 
• International influenza activity (WHO) 
• Influenza Vaccination
  • General Information 
  • Who should get vaccinated 
  • Key facts about influenza and the influenza vaccine (CDC) 
  • Misconceptions about Influenza and Flu Vaccine
     
    

• Prevention and Control of Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), 2011
• MDCH Flu-Related News Releases 
• Immunization Home Page 
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Influenza Web Page 
• National Immunization Hotline
  • 1-800-232-2522 (English) 
  • 1-800-232-0233 (Español) 
  • 1-800-243-7889 (TTY)