Chicago: Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Locations
- Make an extra effort to cover coughs and sneezes, wash hands regularly with soap and water, and stay home from work and/or school if you have flu-like symptoms (coughing, sore throat and a fever).
- Remind parents of young children to teach these good health habits to their sons and daughters---and to plan ahead and make home-care arrangements for their children on days when they are ill and should be kept home from school or day care.
- Get vaccinated against the new strain of pandemic flu (also called “swine flu” and “H1N1 flu”). When the pandemic flu vaccine arrives, the Chicago Department of Public Health will take the lead to ensure that it is distributed quickly, efficiently and in accord with federal CDC guidelines. It will be distributed to hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities to ensure that health workers are vaccinated. CDPH will also distribute it to retail pharmacies, occupational health centers and colleges/universities. CDPH will also offer the new vaccine at sites across the city for Chicagoans who do not have a health care provider or whose health care providers do not have vaccine.