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North Oaks Physician Group Clinics
Offering Flu Shots, No Appointment
Necessary
[HAMMOND, La.] – With the Louisiana
Department of Health seeing more confirmed
flu cases than usual for this time of year, North
Oaks Physician Group is making it easy to get
vaccinated.
According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), the single best way to
protect against the flu is to get vaccinated each
year.
North Oaks Walk-In Clinics in Hammond
and Walker and North Oaks Primary Care
& After Hours Clinic in Ponchatoula are
offering the shots for adults and children, age
3 and older. Most health insurance plans are
accepted, and many may cover the vaccine as a
preventive service at no cost to you and covered
family members. To verify acceptance of your
plan and preventive service coverage, contact
your insurance provider. Self-pay options also
are available at $35 for ages 6 months to 35
months old and $38 for adults and children,
age 3 and older.
North Oaks is offering the quadrivalent
vaccine, which offers protection against the four
strains of the flu virus projected by the CDC
to be most prevalent for the 2017-2018 season:
an influenza A (H1N1) virus, an influenza A
(H3N2) virus and two influenza B viruses. A
preservative-free vaccine option is available
at select clinic locations. Call (985) 230-APPT
[2778] or (844) APPT-NOW [277-8669] for
more details.
North Oaks Walk-In Clinic in Hammond,
located at 1900 S. Morrison Blvd. (within North
Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital), is open on
weekdays from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. and on Saturdays
and Sundays from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
North Oaks Primary Care & After Hours
Clinic, located at 530 W. Pine St., Suite 1, is
open in Ponchatoula from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. on
weekdays and from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
North Oaks Walk-In Clinic in Walker,
located at 28050 Walker S. Road, Suite L, is
open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. on weekdays and from
8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
In addition, select North Oaks Physician
Group primary and specialty clinics in Denham
Springs, Hammond, Livingston, Independence
and Walker also are providing flu shots by
appointment. To locate the clinic that best
meets your needs, call North Oaks Physician
Group at (985) 230-APPT [2778] or toll-free at
(844) APPT-NOW [277-8669]. You also may
visit www.northoaks.org/flu.
Vaccination of high-risk individuals is
especially important to decrease risk of severe
flu illness. Vaccination also is important for
health care workers, those who live with or care
for high-risk individuals, as well as caregivers of
and those who live with infants younger than 6
months.
To learn more about influenza and flu
vaccines, speak with your personal health care
provider or visit the CDC website at www.cdc.
gov.
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