Information for Health Care Professionals 2020-2021 Flu Season
exclamation square light icon What You Need to Know for the 2020-2021 Flu Season
It’s likely that flu viruses and the virus that causes COVID-19 will both be spreading this fall and winter, making it more important than ever that ALL healthcare workers get a flu vaccine!
Note: “ Prevention and Control of Seasonal Influenza with Vaccines: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2020-2021 Influenza Season” has been published. CDC recommends annual influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months and older with any licensed, age-appropriate flu vaccine (IIV, RIV4, or LAIV4) with no preference expressed for any one vaccine over another. More information about the upcoming 2020-2021 flu season is also available.
- What You Need to Know for 2020-21
- CDC Vaccination Guidance During a Pandemic, 2020-2021
- Large-Scale Influenza Vaccination Clinic Planning
- Multiplex Assays for Detection of Influenza Viruses and SARS-CoV-2
- Influenza Antiviral Medications: Summary for Clinicians
- Testing and treatment of influenza when SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses are co-circulating
- National Instittues of Health (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: Influenza and COVID-19external icon
- Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Information Statement (Current Edition Date: 8/15/2019)
- Digital Media Toolkit
- Influenza educational resources (downloadable flyers, brochures, etc…)