Announcement
Protect Yourself and Your Family against H1N1 Flu: VA is offering free H1N1 flu vaccine to all enrolled Veterans, VA staff, and eligible Federal staff. Vaccination for H1N1 flu is strongly encouraged to prevent the spread of this virus. Contact your nearest VA health care facility to ask about vaccine availability. Learn more about H1N1 flu vaccination for Veterans.
H1N1 flu (formerly known as swine flu) is a flu pandemic.
A flu pandemic occurs when a new flu virus spreads to people all over the world. Pandemic flu is not the same as seasonal flu. Learn more about pandemic flu.
In June 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared H1N1 flu to be a pandemic. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Since then, it has spread around the world from person-to-person. The symptoms of 2009 H1N1 flu are similar to those of seasonal flu.
VA has a pandemic flu plan, which it is following during the H1N1 flu pandemic to help protect Veterans and VA employees.
What You Can Do
You can take actions that can help delay or reduce the impact of a pandemic.
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