Find A Flu Clinic
- Seasonal Flu Vaccine - Find a seasonal flu vaccine clinic in your area. The seasonal flu vaccine will only protect you from seasonal flu. It does not protect you from H1N1 flu.
- H1N1 Flu Vaccine - Vaccine is arriving to the state, but in very small quantities. We are getting this vaccine to those health care workers and high-risk individuals.
Contact your health care provider to ask if they will be getting the novel H1N1 vaccine when it becomes available. If you do not have a health care provider, but would like to get the vaccine, contact your local health department or district responsible for coordinating and organizing vaccination sites in your community. You can find that local health department or district by going to
www.ct.gov/dph/mda or by calling 211.
For more information, please call our hotline: 1-800-830-9426
Right now, there is not a lot of vaccine available. Certain groups of people should get the vaccine first because they are most at risk for novel H1N1 flu. Current target groups are listed below.
As more vaccine is made, it will become available to those people who are not in the target groups. Current studies show that people who are over the age of 65 are less likely to get novel H1N1 than younger people. Once there is more vaccine, people over the age of 65 should get the vaccine as well.
We will provide information about where to get vaccinated on this page when that information is available. Clinics and other locations will be determined based on supply and delivery. Please bookmark this page and visit often; we will be updating information here frequently.
Two flues; Two vaccines
There are two flues, seasonal flu and H1N1 circulating this year. Protecting against the two flues requires two vaccinations. Seasonal flu vaccine is widely available now. The H1N1 flu requires a separate vaccination.
The vaccine for one flu does not protect against the other flu. The two flues pose different risks to different groups of people (see below). Most people should plan to get both flu vaccinations.
Seasonal Vaccine Priority Groups
Some groups are more likely to have complications from the seasonal flu. These include:
- Those age 65 and older
- Children younger than 2 years old
- People of any age who have chronic medical conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma, congestive heart failure, lung disease)
Vaccine Safety
The benefits of immunization outweigh the risks. All vaccines, including the H1N1 vaccine, are held to the highest standard of safety and are continually monitored.
Each year, millions of Americans safely receive seasonal flu vaccines. The H1N1 vaccine is made the same way as seasonal flu vaccine by the same companies that make seasonal flu vaccine. The NIH has conducted clinical trials for the H1N1 vaccine. The vaccine has been tested and safely used in children, pregnant woman, and adults
The H1N1 vaccine can prevent serious illness or even death, particularly for those who seem most vulnerable to the H1N1 flu. Not getting vaccinated could result in disease or putting others, such as babies or people with cancer, at serious risk for illness. If you care for a young baby it’s important that you get vaccinated so you can protect them.
For more information on the H1N1 flu vaccine:
