Clinic offers flu vaccine all week

This year’s annual flu shot clinic, sponsored by University Human Resources Services and the IU Health Center begins today and will continue through Friday.

The clinic will also take place from Nov. 1 through Nov. 5.

The flu shot includes both the seasonal vaccine and H1N1 vaccine.

Laura Dolby, assistant director of nursing for the health center, said there will be plenty of flu shots available to students and faculty this year. Last year, she said, the center manufactured the vaccine and had to make more for the H1N1 virus — one strand of influenza.

Flu vaccines are given to students for $17.25 at the health center and can be charged to the Bursar.

For employees covered under an IU-sponsored medical plan, the shot is free. Employees must bring their valid medical plan ID card.

If no card is present, the shot will cost $21.25.

Employees not covered under an IU-sponsored medical plan and former employees with IU retiree status also pay $21.25.

Those not eligible for the shot are spouses and partners who are not IU employees, former employees without IU retiree status and dependent children
of employees.

Appointments must be scheduled, either online at https://osh.iuhc.iub.edu/scheduling/type.aspx  or by calling 812-855-7688.

Dolby said students can stay healthy on campus by covering their coughs, not sharing drinks and washing their hands often. She also said students who become sick with the flu should visit the health center but recommends stopping in and getting a flu shot as a precaution.

There is a small risk related to getting the flu shot, including soreness or redness at the injection site, red or itchy eyes, a cough and slight fever or aches, according to the Department of Health and Human Services of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For more information, visit www.cdc.gov/flu.