Flu cases tend to rise with the arrival of autumn each year. Personnel and students who wish to get vaccinated can obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy and then visit health centers. The flu vaccine is covered by Ac\u0131badem insurance. Insured personnel can obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy by covering 30 percent of the cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Flu Vaccine is Especially Recommended for:\u2008<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Individuals aged 65 and over (especially those living in nursing homes) <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Adults and children with chronic illnesses: chronic heart, lung (including asthma), liver, kidney diseases, diabetes, and other endocrine system disorders <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Individuals with weakened immune systems: Those with cancer or leukemia, individuals with immune system diseases (such as AIDS patients) and those who have undergone organ or bone marrow transplants <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Children and adolescents (6 months to 18 years old) receiving long-term aspirin treatment <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Vaccination is also recommended for healthy individuals who may transmit the flu to those in high-risk groups (e.g., healthcare workers, nursery and nursing home staff, family members living in the same household, etc.). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Flu Vaccine is Not Recommended for:\u2008<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The flu vaccine should not be administered to individuals allergic to eggs or components of the flu vaccine <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Individuals experiencing a febrile illness should not be vaccinated until symptoms disappear <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The vaccine should not be administered during the first trimester of pregnancy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flu cases tend to rise with the arrival of autumn each year. Personnel and students who wish to get vaccinated can obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy and then visit health centers. The flu vaccine is covered by Ac\u0131badem insurance. Insured personnel can obtain the vaccine from the pharmacy by covering 30[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,4,196,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9239,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9195\/revisions\/9239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}