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November 8, 2023

Flu season starting late but expected to increase for the holidays

The current flu season has started later and more gradually than last year although cases are expected to begin increasing in November before falling off in March.

By Courtney Graetzer
October 5, 2023

Flulapalooza 2023

This year, 10,603 faculty, staff, postdoc scholars and students were vaccinated at VUMC’s Flulapalooza event.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 8, 2022

Employee flu vaccine deadline moved forward to Nov. 18

By VUMC News and Communications
December 22, 2021

VUMC deadline for flu vaccines is Jan. 3

By VUMC News and Communications
November 11, 2020

Receiving flu vaccination crucial during pandemic

Flu season is in full swing and the most important step you can take to keep yourself, your family and community healthy this year is to get vaccinated.

By VUMC News and Communications
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August 10, 2020

Occupational Health invites you to name this year’s flu vaccine campaign

In 2011 Vanderbilt University Medical Center received worldwide attention for doubling the Guinness World Record for the number of flu shots given in an 8-hour period, making its annual flu vaccine event, Flulapalooza, a model for others to follow.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 7, 2017

Flulapalooza taking place a few weeks earlier this year

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is gearing up for its seventh annual Flulapalooza mass influenza vaccination event, set for Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the area between Light Hall and the Veteran's Administration Hospital.
By Jessica Pasley
September 1, 2016

Flulapalooza mass vaccination event set for Oct. 11

Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) will once again be offering faculty, staff, students and volunteers free flu shots at the upcoming Flulapalooza mass vaccination event.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 19, 2014

Flulapalooza is Oct. 1

Less than 10 seconds – that’s as long as it takes to roll up your sleeve and be part of Wednesday's Flulapalooza, Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mass flu vaccination event.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 17, 2013

Flu season’s rise highlights crucial role of vaccination

While this year’s flu season appears to be slowing down in some parts of the country, we’re not out of the woods yet, caution officials at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Bill Snyder
December 13, 2012

Flu shot key to keeping yourself, your family, your patients safe

As the number of influenza cases increases throughout Middle Tennessee, the Department of Infection Control and Prevention and the Occupational Health Clinic (OHC) are urging all faculty and staff to get an influenza vaccination.
By VUMC News and Communications
October 18, 2012

Flulapalooza

By Nancy Humphrey
September 13, 2012

Family mass vaccination exercise set for Sept. 29

Vanderbilt employees with children between 4 and 14 are being invited to participate in a free four-hour Family Mass Vaccination exercise on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.
By Nancy Humphrey