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.
Kari Dumbeck
Anyone thinking of taking these shots do your due diligence first. These are not vaccines and do NOT prevent you from getting another flu. Covid does not exist anymore as that is the word used to scare people into getting these shots from 2020. Viruses constantly mutate, therefore, the “flu” shot is based on last years influenza and it is not around any more. That is why less than 20% actually have any help from these things. You want to be heathly then do what you should by eating and drinking good foods. Stop drinking floride/ bromide water from the city wells. Stop poisoning yourselves with the junk you put in and on your bodies and take good vitamins as our food sources are crap as well. Like I said do your homework if you really want to be healthy. With God’s grace we can overcome.
Jordan Wean
Yes, please, everyone do your due diligence. Listen to doctors, not an accountant.
Brandon McClellan
Yes. Please read from professionals and don’t listen to misinformation about Covid being fake/ vaccines not being effective.