Flu Vaccines 2018-2019

First Aid NeonFlu Vaccines 2018-2019 Season

  • Flu injection for 6 months to 3 years: in stock
  • Flu injection for 3 years and older: in stock.

Flumist is not recommended for this year and we will not be stocking it.

Please call to schedule an appointment. We schedule them throughout the day and ask that you call ahead to make sure you don’t have to wait too long.

We are offering flu shots for healthy parents with PPO and POS insurance.

HMO parents should contact their physician or plan for immunization options.

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Read why to get a flu vaccine HERE

Vaccines for Children Program

Children with Blue Cross through Children’s First Medical Group or Contra Costa Health Plan receive their shots through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.

VFC Flu Vaccines 2018-2019 Season

  • Flu injection for 6 months and older: Expected in September-October

About Lisa M. Asta, MD

Lisa M. Asta, M.D. is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, for which she is also a Media Representative (she has been interviewed for “Kids Health” on Health Radio, and quoted in Parenting Magazine, USA Today, and the New York Times, among other publications). She is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco and past pediatric chair at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. She graduated from Temple University School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Asta is also a writer whose fiction has appeared in Inkwell, Philadelphia Stories, Schuylkill, and Zeniada. Her essays have appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Hippocrates, the San Jose Mercury News, and The New Physician Magazine. She is an occasional contributor to KQED public radio’s Perspectives series, and has written articles for Bay Area Parent, Valley Parent, Parents’ Press, and Parents Express, as well as online at WebMD.com, Rx.com, and MyLifePath.com. She wrote a chapter in The Field Guide to the Normal Newborn, ed. Gary Emmet, M.D. BabyCenter.com currently has two how-to videos for parents in production which feature Dr. Asta. For more on Dr. Asta’s writing, visit www.LMAsta.com
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