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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the composition of flu vaccines has been updated. Flu vaccines for the U.S. 2024-2025 season will contain the following:
Egg-based vaccines
- an A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
- an A/Thailand/8/2022 (H3N2)-like virus; and (Updated)
- a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.
Cell- or recombinant-based vaccines
- an A/Wisconsin/67/2022 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus;
- an A/Massachusetts/18/2022 (H3N2)-like virus; and (Updated)
- a B/Austria/1359417/2021 (B/Victoria lineage)-like virus.
Franklin
A Franklin flu clinic will be held on September 19, 2024 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM
Franklin Senior Center
10 Daniel McCahill St
Franklin, MA, 02038
Sign up here: https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/franklin?site=2024-franklin-senior-center-flu-clinic
Medway
Medway's Health Department has partnered with Milford Central Pharmacy to sponsor two flu/COVID clinics this fall. The first will be held at the Medway Senior Center, 76 Oakland Street, on September 23 from 1-3 pm, and the second will be held at the Burke Memorial School, 16 Cassidy Lane, on October 7 from 3-6 pm.
*We are waiting for the CDC's release date for COVID-19 boosters, so please note they will be distributed if available.
Pre-registration is required. The links for both clinics are below. Please note that insurance information is required.
Medway Senior Center -Monday, September 23 https://bit.ly/3YTJZkf
Francis J Burke Elementary -Monday October 7 https://bit.ly/3ySJhcj
According to CDC, all flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season are anticipated to be trivalent in the United States. Trivalent flu vaccines are formulated to protect against three flu viruses (an A(H1N1) virus, an A(H3N2) virus, and a B/Victoria virus). Both trivalent and quadrivalent flu vaccines are expected to offer similar protection against the flu viruses they protect against. B/Yamagata flu viruses have not circulated in the population after March 2020, so protection from trivalent and quadrivalent flu vaccines is expected to be similar. More information about trivalent flu vaccines is available.
