According to a weekly activity report issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, flu activity in the state has been elevated to the highest level. Penn State is encouraging the campus community to follow a series of illness prevention techniques to protect against the flu and other illnesses.
Nurses from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center administered free flu shots to attendees of the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. This is the fifth year that the nurses provided flu shots at the show.
The final faculty/staff flu vaccine clinic of the year at University Park is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 16. More than 180 appointments remain for this clinic, which will be held at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
Each year, the flu season is a bit of a guessing game. While much is left to chance, some things can be done to plan for and prevent influenza, which is responsible for thousands of deaths each year nationwide.
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is partnering with the Pennsylvania Department of Health to launch the 2016 “Stopping the Flu Starts with You” campaign.
As flu season approaches, medical experts have some new recommendations – along with some old standards – on how to reduce your chances of getting sick.
More than 170 volunteers from the Department of Nursing and across Penn State Hershey Medical Center, including the Nittany Lion, distributed more than 2,000 free flu shots to the community during two Saturday drive-thru flu shot clinics on Oct. 17 and 24.
Every year at this time, we hear it's time to get the flu shot. After last year's vaccine missed the mark, how does the Center for Disease Control regain the public's confidence that their predictions will hold up this year? With the facts.
Joy and goodwill aren’t the only things we start spreading to friends, family, colleagues -- even strangers -- this time of year. Late fall and early winter also signal the start of annual spread of the influenza virus.
The Office of Human Resources Employee Benefits Division announced that flu vaccine clinic dates are now open for Penn State employees and their spouse/partners.
