Providers-Flu

Healthcare Providers

Healthcare providers are on the front lines of preventing, containing and treating seasonal flu during this flu season. In addition to regular updates on the flu in Kane County, this page provides the information and tools you need to ensure your patients have the information to make informed decisions about their health and their children’s health during this flu season.

Kane County Weekly Flu Surveillance Report for Week ending:

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What is New for 2021 - 2022 Flu Vaccines?

The composition of flu vaccines has been updated.
All flu vaccines will be quadrivalent (four component), meaning designed to protect against four different flu viruses. For more information: Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine | CDC.
Licensure on one flu vaccine has changed. Flucelvax Quadrivalent is now approved for people 2 years and older.
Flu vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines can be given at the same time.
More detailed guidance about the recommended timing of flu vaccination for some groups of people is available.
Guidance concerning contraindications and precautions for the use of two flu vaccines – Flucevax Quadrivalent and Flublok Quadrivalent – were updated.

What You Need to Know About the Flu Vaccine

A seasonal vaccine is distributed routinely every year. While there are many different flu viruses, this year the majority of flu vaccines protects against the four viruses that research suggests will be most common. The 2021-22 influenza vaccine are made to protect against the following four viruses: