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Inova Health System Offering Flu Shots throughout the Region
Vaccine Highly Recommended for Children, Seniors FALLS CHURCH, VA – September 16, 2014 – Inova Health System’s HealthSource is now offering influenza vaccinations to children and adults throughout the Washington region. As with previous years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is recommending that anyone six months and older be vaccinated annually. Each year, about…
Read MoreInova’s Dr. Russell Libby Spoke with WUSA 9 about Fighting Viruses Through Vaccinations
Dr. Russell Libby with Inova Children’s Hospital says we have to stay vigilant in fighting viruses like measles and whooping cough or we could risk frequent outbreaks that will put may lives at risk. Watch more.
Read MoreInova Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Russell Libby featured on Fox 5‘s “Health Watch,” on October 8, 2013
Dr. Russell Libby, Section Chief of Pediatrics at Inova Children’s Hospital, spoke with Fox 5, the connection between vaccinations and outbreaks. DC News FOX 5 DC WTTG
Read MoreWUSA9 Visits One of Inova’s Additional Flu Clinics
Upcoming Family Flu Clinics on January 19 and January 24 Inova has upcoming family flu clinics at Inova Fair Oaks Medical Campus this Saturday, January 19, from 1 – 4pm and at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus on Saturday, January 26, from 9 am – noon. Visit Inova.org/flu to find location details and more information –…
Read MoreInova Health System Offering Flu Shots
Vaccine Highly Recommended for Children, Seniors Falls Church, VA – (September 27, 2010) – Inova Health System’s HealthSource will be offering influenza vaccinations to children and adults throughout the Washington region beginning Friday, October 1. New this year, the CDC is recommending that anyone 6 months and older be vaccinated annually. Each year, about 36,000…
Read MoreInova Health System Offering H1N1 Shots to Public
Vaccine Highly Recommended for Children, Pregnant Women Falls Church, VA – (January 5, 2010) – Inova Health System is offering 2009 novel H1N1 vaccinations as well as seasonal influenza vaccinations to children and adults at its hospital-based clinics through the end of the month. The H1N1 vaccine is the most effective way of preventing the spread…
Read MoreInova Health System Fighting the Flu With a One-Two Punch
Inova Loudoun Hospital Mobile Health Offering December Flu Shot Clinic Leesburg, VA – (November 25, 2009) – Facing a flu season complicated by the prospect of both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 (“swine flu”) virus, Inova Loudoun Hospital Mobile Health Services will offer a seasonal flu shot clinic in December. The seasonal flu shot clinic…
Read MoreSeasonal Flu-Vaccine Manufacturing Delay Affects Inova Clinics
(October 9, 2009) – As has been reported in the news recently, efforts to quickly manufacture and distribute the H1N1 influenza vaccine have unexpectedly reduced supplies of vaccine for the seasonal flu. The manufacturers that supply Inova Health System with seasonal flu vaccine have recently informed Inova that deliveries of the vaccine will arrive later…
Read MoreInova Health System Fighting the Flu with a One-Two Punch
Inova Loudoun Hospital Mobile Health Offering October Flu Shot Clinics Leesburg, VA – (September 28, 2009) – Facing a flu season complicated by the prospect of both seasonal flu and the H1N1 (“swine flu”) viruses, Inova Loudoun Hospital Mobile Health Services will offer flu shot clinics again in October. Inova Health System is one of the…
Read MoreInova Health System Offering Seasonal Flu Shots One Month Early
Vaccine Highly Recommended for Children, Seniors Falls Church, VA – (September 1, 2009) – Inova Health System will offer influenza vaccinations to children and adults throughout the Washington region beginning in early September, one month sooner than usual. Each year, about 36,000 people in the U.S. die from causes related to seasonal flu, while more than…
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