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.
For everyone aged 6 months and up, the annual flu vaccine is the best way that we have available to protect against complications. Q: Is it really necessary to vaccinate my child this year if she received a flu shot last year? A: The flu vaccine has three or four different vaccine virus strains in it. In a typical season, at least one of those strains will change. Also, we know from a number of studies that the antibody response to the vaccine tends to decline over time, so thatâs why itâs important to get a flu vaccine every year.