Fight the Flu LA
Flu Season 2015-2020
October 19, 2020
No-cost flu shots will be available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 at the LaSalle Parish Health Unit, 1673 N. 2nd St., Jena, LA 71342.
October 19, 2020
No-cost flu shots will be available from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 20 at the Bunkie Parish Health Unit, 406 Walnut St., Bunkie, LA 71322.
October 15, 2020
With flu season starting in Louisiana and COVID-19 remaining widespread across the state, now is the time to get your annual flu shot. The Office of Public Health has scheduled flu clinics across the state, and flu shots are offered at no cost.
October 15, 2020
With flu season starting, the Louisiana Department of Health is holding a flu vaccination clinic in Lafayette until 5 p.m. today. This year, the flu shot is more important than ever as COVID-19 levels remain high across the state.
October 13, 2020
Gov. John Bel Edwards, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Dr. Courtney Phillips and Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Walters got their annual flu shots on Wednesday at Our Lady of the Lake’s North Baton Rouge Clinic.
March 06, 2020
While testing LDH's capability to provide vaccines or antiviral drugs to people around the state in the event of an emergency, health officials got creative in central Louisiana last fall with drive-thru flu shot clinics.
February 07, 2020
It’s Louisiana, and it’s February. You know what that means: laissez les bon temps rouler. When you’re reaching your hands to the sky on those Mardi Gras parade routes, which would you rather catch: those prized throws and beads … or the flu?
December 23, 2019
More than 2,500 flu vaccines were administered to students at 79 New Orleans-area schools in December in only four days.
December 12, 2019
With Louisiana continuing to rank among the highest rates of influenza cases in the country, health officials urge people to get the flu shot before they get sick.
November 15, 2019
With flu season in full swing in Louisiana, now is the time to get a flu shot. The Louisiana Department of Health is holding flu vaccination clinics in Amite, Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Thibodaux. These one-day clinics will allow people to come in and get a flu shot at no cost to the patient.