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Jean Coutu Group launches flu shot awareness campaign
VARENNES, Quebec - The Jean Coutu Group on Tuesday launched a flu shot awareness campaign under the theme "Protect Your Health and That of Your Loved Ones." The campaign aims to support the public health effort for flu prevention by making the flu shot available in more than 300 stores in the Jean Coutu network throughout Quebec, in Ontario and New Brunswick.
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CDC recommends getting flu shot before end of October
WASHINGTON - The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday morning to advocate everyone over the age of six months get vaccinated against influenza this year, preferably by the end of October - "A vaccination deferred is a vaccination forgotten," Tom Frieden, director CDC, said.