Health News Share Email Print Is a flu shot right for you? The flu can lead to missed work or school, hospitalization and even death. Almost everyone 6 months and older needs a flu shot every year—especially people who are more likely to get seriously ill if they catch the flu. Who’s at high risk for flu complications? Adults 65 and older. Children under 2 years old. People with chronic health conditions. Pregnant women. People with weakened immune systems. Nursing home residents. Non-Hispanic Black people, Hispanic or Latino people, and American Indian or Alaska Native people. Caregivers of people at high risk. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reviewed 6/20/2023 Sources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Flu Vaccine." https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/keyfacts.htm. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "People at Higher Risk of Flu Complications." https://www.cdc.gov/flu/highrisk/index.htm. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "What are the Benefits of Flu Vaccination?" https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/vaccine-benefits.htm. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Who Should and Who Should NOT Get a Flu Vaccine." https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/whoshouldvax.htm. NCQA. "Flu Vaccinations (FVA, FVO). https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/measures/flu-vaccinations/. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.