{"id":11386,"date":"2026-10-22T15:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=11386"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:55:39","slug":"troy-universitys-health-center-encourages-flu-vaccinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/10\/22\/troy-universitys-health-center-encourages-flu-vaccinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Troy University&#8217;s Health Center encourages flu vaccinations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Fall is here, which means flu season is on its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/student-resources\/health-center\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Troy University&#8217;s Health Center<\/a> is encouraging all students to receive their vaccinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It really isn&#8217;t flu season yet, but it is time to get your flu shot,&#8221; said nurse practitioner Jacque Chorico. &#8220;The season is coming up, closer to the winter months, so you want to get your shot at least six weeks or longer before flu season hits.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For greater accessibility, the Health Center offers walk-ins for all students and staff to receive their flu shots at a low cost, depending on insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are giving a flu shot everyday from Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,&#8221; Chorico said. &#8220;You do not have to have an appointment, you can just come walk in and we&#8217;ll be glad to give you the flu shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/10\/12\/tupd-warns-students-about-kratom-after-suspected-ole-miss-overdoses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>KEEPING YOU SAFE: TUPD warns students about kratom after suspected Ole Miss overdoses\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;There is a small cost if you do not have insurance, but if you do have insurance, it will cover the flu shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some students may be skeptical about possible side effects from being vaccinated. Chorico addressed the common misconceptions she receives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;People are scared because they say they get the flu after getting the flu shot every year. Each year is supposedly a different formula to match up to the research done on the next year&#8217;s flu, so you cannot get it from the flu shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether or not you are at risk of developing influenza, the Health Center encourages you to receive the vaccination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Fall is here, which means flu season is on its way.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why Troy University&#8217;s Health Center is encouraging all students to receive their vaccinations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It really isn&#8217;t flu season yet, but it is time to get your flu shot,&#8221; said nurse practitioner Jacque Chorico. &#8220;The season is coming up, closer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/10\/22\/troy-universitys-health-center-encourages-flu-vaccinations\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":11394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[2944,3496,2008],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-11386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-health-news","tag-troy-university-flu-shots","tag-troy-university-health-center","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11393,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions\/11393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11386"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=11386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}