Voting early this year may be good for the immune system.
Partnerships between the elections boards and health departments of Brunswick and New Hanover counties will avail flu vaccinations during the one-stop early voting period that will begin Thursday.
A New Hanover County bulletin said its health department will set up a flu-vaccine clinic in the New Hanover County Government Center’s suite 34, three doors down from the elections board’s early-voting site.
The clinic will be open from 8-11:30 a.m. and noon-4:30 p.m. Oct. 18-Nov. 2. Walk-ins are welcome.
The government center is at 230 Government Center Drive in Wilmington.
The health department this year will accept Medicare/Medicaid, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Tricare, Health Choice, cash, check, Visa or MasterCard.
“Uninsured college students and uninsured contacts to infants under six months of age are eligible for free flu vaccine with proper identification,” the bulletin said.
For more information, call the New Hanover County Health Department at (910) 798-6676 or visit its social media outlets: www.twitter.com/nhchealth and www.facebook.com/nhchealth.
In Brunswick County, health department nurses will offer flu shots at three one-stop locations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. They are the National Guard Armory in Shallotte, North Brunswick High School in Leland, and the Brunswick Center at Southport.
That department will only offer the one-stop vaccines on Thursday, Oct. 18.
“Please bring your insurance card and driver’s license,” the announcement instructed. “The cost of the shots range from $38 for regular flu to $56 for the high dose for seniors.”
Persons may call the Brunswick County Health Department at (888) 428-4429 for more information.
