Get Your FREE H1N1 Flu Vaccine This Week

We'd like to get as many WSU students vaccinated as possible before Thanksgiving break. We have vaccination appointments available through Nov. 20. 

Please schedule online or call 509-335-3575. All H1N1 vaccine is free for WSU students.

We continue to see students with flu-like symptoms, and this is the time of year when traditional flu season begins. Because of this, we are preparing for a possible resurgence in flu cases when students return to campus after Thanksgiving break.

While the symptoms of the H1N1 flu can be mild, the virus can significantly weaken the immune system, leaving a person more susceptible to other upper respiratory infections that could potentially be more serious or last longer than the H1N1 flu. Vaccination is the best protection against the flu.

We are encouraging all WSU students to get vaccinated against H1N1 influenza as soon as possible. Even those students who think they may have already had the H1N1 flu should get vaccinated. The only exceptions would be students who have medical reasons to not get vaccinated.

We should continue to receive weekly shipments of LAIV, but we don’t know exactly when it will arrive or how many doses we will receive. If a student has not gotten the vaccine prior to the Thanksgiving break and has an opportunity to get vaccinated while at home, we recommend taking advantage of that opportunity.

We are out of seasonal flu vaccine. 

For more information about flu vaccine, go to http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm.