Flu Information

Rush Oak Park Hospital is here to help you stay safe and healthy this flu season.

As your community partner in health care, Rush Oak Park Hospital wants to provide you with access to the information you need to protect yourself and your family and to prevent the seasonal flu and H1N1 flu from spreading.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that you get vaccinated against the seasonal flu every year. A vaccine for the H1N1 flu is also being produced but doesn't replace the seasonal flu vaccine. If you are interested in learning more about the vaccines; differences between seasonal flu and H1N1 flu; precautions you can take; signs and symptoms; and more, please visit:

www.flu.gov

If you are interested in learning more specifically about the H1N1 flu, please visit:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
http://www.idph.state.il.us/h1n1_flu/index.htm

Click here to read more about how to protect yourself from the flu.