With Flu Season in Swing, Clinics Available Later This Week

Howard County Health Department is offering free flu clinics for all members of the public on Jan. 17, Jan. 24 and Jan. 25.

  If you're worried about catching the flu that has been making its way across Maryland over the past two weeks, then maybe it's time to get that flu shot. "We continue to have a limited supply of vaccine that we are offering to the public and will continue to do so until we have no more," said Dr. Maura J. Rossman, Howard County's Health Officer. "We are not overwhelmed in Howard County, compared to how we hear New York state and Massachusetts is, and that's a very good thing." "We encourage all Howard County residents to get immunized," said Rossman, "that's the most effective way of preventing flu." Rossman said the typical flu season tends to peak in January or February then goes away. "There's about a six week period of flu," said …

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