All sites listed on the University of Michigan’s 2024 Ann Arbor Campus Vaccination Clinic Schedule now offer the updated COVID-19 vaccine along with the annual influenza vaccine.
The clinics are walk-in only and have no out-of-pocket cost for university employees and spouses or other qualified adults who present their U-M prescription card. Those not covered under an accepted plan can pay out of pocket.
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Attendees should wear appropriate clothing to receive a shot in their upper arm. Additional options for obtaining vaccines are available on U‑M’s Health Response website.
Michigan Medicine employees can obtain an influenza vaccine at Occupational Health Services clinics to comply with the Michigan Medicine Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Policy. They can also receive the vaccine at other locations, such as primary care providers and pharmacies, as long as documentation of the vaccine is provided to Occupational Health Services.
UM-Dearborn is offering two vaccination clinics this fall and information on those can be found on the MHealthy website. UM-Flint faculty and staff, as well as spouses or OQAs, dependents and retirees, can receive flu and COVID-19 vaccinations at their doctor’s office, local clinics or most pharmacies.
Public health experts say it is safe to receive flu and COVID vaccines at the same time. However, if someone recently tested positive for COVID, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises waiting to receive any vaccinations until symptoms have resolved and their isolation has ended. Depending upon the individual risk, those people may consider waiting up to three months to receive the new COVID vaccine.
The federal government is again offering four free COVID rapid antigen tests to U.S. households. Many of these tests have longer shelf lives than indicated by the printed expiration dates. Recipients are encouraged to review the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s list of extended expiration dates.
Meanwhile, university officials are closely monitoring an outbreak of the Marburg virus in the African country of Rwanda.
Like Ebola virus, Marburg virus causes a fever that can rapidly lead to critical illness in a large proportion of infected individuals. Marburg is spread by contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person.
The university’s Global Engagement Team has issued a U-M Travel Restriction for Rwanda and is working with known U-M travelers to the area. U-M faculty, staff and students planning travel to Rwanda are encouraged to contact the Global Engagement Team at [email protected] to arrange a pre-travel consultation.
According to the CDC, there have been no reported cases of Marburg in the United States and the risk of infection with this virus in the United States is low.
