Our office just received our first batch of influenza vaccines, so it’s time for the annual flu shot post. The seasonal flu vaccine does not protect against novel H1N1 (swine) flu.  Availability of the swine flu vaccine is still at least a couple of months away, and I’ll write about it in more detail when it becomes available. This year the CDC is recommending flu vaccination for the following people:

• Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday,
• Women ...