POLICY BRIEF SEPTEMBER 2012 MEDICAID EXPANSION & THE ACA: ISSUES FOR THE HCH COMMUNITY 5 Suggested Citation for this Policy Brief: National Health Care for the Homeless Council. (September 2012.) Medicaid Expansion & the HCH Community: (Author: Barbara DiPietro, Director of Policy.) Available at: http://www.nhchc ...
August: A great time to get vaccinated. Vaccines protect you all year round, but August is a great time to get vaccinated. In August, as summer winds down, itâs a good time for you and your family to make plans to get the flu vaccine. The vaccine usually becomes available in mid- to late-August.
1 The CDC recommends that everyone older than 6 months of age get a flu vaccine as soon as it's available. 2  The flu vaccine's effectiveness may vary depending on age, health, and immune status and how well scientists identity circulating viruses. 3  In 2014-15, vaccine effectiveness was under 20%.