Flu season is just around the corner! Stay one step ahead of the flu by getting your flu shot. Flu viruses change quickly, and new vaccines come out each year — so it’s important to get a flu shot each year.
The flu shot is free for people with Medicare, once per flu season, as long as you get it from a doctor or from other health care providers (like senior centers and pharmacies) that accept Medicare.
It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies that protect against flu to develop in the body, so make plans to get vaccinated early in fall, before flu season begins. CDC recommends that people get a flu vaccine by the end of October.