Get Your Flu and Pneumonia Shot This November in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph or Tolono
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2005
Contact
Division of Chronic Disease Prevention & Management,
217-531-2904
Diana Yates, Communications Coordinator
217-531-4275
Get Your Flu and Pneumonia Shot This November in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph or Tolono
Clinics Are Open to All Champaign County Residents
The CHAMPAIGN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT is offering Adult and Child Flu and Pneumonia Vaccination Clinics in Mahomet, Rantoul, St. Joseph and Tolono this November.
The Flu and Pneumonia Clinics will be:
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Thursday, November 3, from 3-6 p.m., and Thursday, November 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Northern Champaign County Community Service Center, 520 E. Wabash, Rantoul.
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Tuesday, November 1, from 3-6 p.m. at the Mahomet Community Center, 508 E. Main St., Mahomet.
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Tuesday, November 15, from 3-6 p.m. at the St. Joseph Municipal Building, 207 E. Lincoln St., St. Joseph.
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Thursday, November 17, from 3-6 p.m. at the Tolono Public Library, 111 E. Main St., Tolono.
Adult flu shots cost $18.70. Adult pneumonia shots are $29.70. Child vaccines are free to children who are uninsured, underinsured, Medicaid eligible, American Indian or Alaska Native. Underinsured children include those who have health insurance but whose coverage does not include vaccines. Children whose health insurance covers only select vaccines or caps the vaccine cost at a certain limit are categorized as underinsured.
No one will be turned away for inability to pay. For more information, please call the Health Check & Flu Shot Hotline at 217-531-4252.
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