The King County Public Health Department announced that the new flu vaccine has arrived, which means it’s time to start planning on when to “get poked.”
Unlike a few years ago, this year there’s plenty of flu vaccine to go around.
Vaccination is recommended to protect people at high-risk for complications from the flu, including:
- Children aged six months until their 19th birthday
- Pregnant women
- People 50 years of age and older
- People, 6 months or older, with certain chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, lung disease (including asthma), kidney disease or diabetes
- People who live in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
People who live with or care for those at high risk for health complications from flu should be vaccinated as well, including:
- Household contacts of persons at high risk for complications from the flu
- Household contacts and out of home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age, who are too young to be vaccinated
- Healthcare workers
King County Health has created a website to help you find nearby flu shots (click here and enter your zip code on the right), but we’ve taken it one step further and created our own customized, interactive and regional “Places to Get Poked Map” – just click on a nearby pushpin, or use the zoom in (+) and out (-) controls on the left and you’ll see a listing of the store or pharmacy where you can get a flu shot:
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[EDITOR'S NOTE: We're posting this story because cancer has touched our lives in more than one way, and BTB always strives to help and serve its community. Plus...come on – it's for a sick little girl...]
This Sunday, Sept. 21st, from 2:30-5:30pm, a benefit party will be held at Seattle Lutheran School in West Seattle (map below) for a sick little girl named Cora (photo at left), a pre-schooler who lives near White Center.
Cora was diagnosed with a Wilms Tumor, which is a cancerous tumor that blew out one of her kidneys. She had the tumor and the affected kidney removed in late June and has been having weekly chemotherapy treatments since. The prognosis is good, but she will get chemo through December to be certain they got all of the cancer.
The benefit is to help pay for Cora’s medical bills.
Cora, Cupcakes, a Clown, need we say more?
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 21st, from 2:30-5:30pm
WHERE: Seattle Lutheran High School Gymnasium, 4141 41st Ave SW
West Seattle, WA 98116
There will also be a silent auction with lots of tempting items, as well as “Team Cora” t-shirts for sale.
