Seasonal Influenza

   

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:   2013-14 Flu Season Vaccination Materials are Now Posted! 

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  
• 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)  
• Influenza Vaccination
  • General Information  
  • Who should get vaccinated  
  • Key facts about influenza and the influenza vaccine (CDC)  
  • Misconceptions about Influenza and Flu Vaccine
    

• 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)