{"id":94900,"date":"2025-10-01T03:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=94900"},"modified":"2025-10-02T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T12:41:16","slug":"flu-shots-now-available-on-main-health-science-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/10_01_2025\/flu-shots-now-available-on-main-health-science-campuses","title":{"rendered":"Flu Shots Now Available on Main, Health Science Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free on-campus flu shots are available starting today for faculty, staff and students at The University of Toledo.<\/p>\n<p>On Main Campus, influenza vaccines will be offered from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays at the University Health Center.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76109\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76109\" class=\"wp-image-76109\" src=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Flu-Shot-Alternate-SIDE.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of flu shots.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Flu-Shot-Alternate-SIDE.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Flu-Shot-Alternate-SIDE-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UToledo is offering free vaccines for faculty, staff and students today through Nov. 26.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Health Science Campus, vaccines will be offered Tuesdays through Fridays at the outpatient pharmacy in the University of Toledo Medical Center Medical Pavilion. Students and employees can get a vaccine Tuesdays from 7 a.m. to noon; Wednesdays from 2 to 6 p.m.; and Thursdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>Additional pop-up vaccine clinics will be held throughout October and November on both campuses. A full schedule is available on the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utoledo.edu\/fluprep\/\">Flu Prep webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>University policy requires annual flu vaccines for all healthcare workers at UTMC and other UToledo Health clinics, as well as on-campus students and employees who are not represented by a bargaining unit.<\/p>\n<p>Those required to be vaccinated must have documented proof of vaccination or an approved exemption prior to Monday, Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Exemptions are considered on a case-by-case basis for documented medical contraindications or sincerely held religious beliefs. Those seeking an exemption must submit their request by the end of the day on Wednesday, Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<p>Exemption forms are available for download at <a href=\"http:\/\/utvaccinereg.utoledo.edu\/\">utvaccinereg.utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appointments are not needed to receive a vaccine on campus, though employees and students do need to complete a consent form, available at <a href=\"http:\/\/influenza.utoledo.edu\/\">influenza.utoledo.edu<\/a>, prior to getting their shot.<\/p>\n<p>Those who receive their vaccine from UToledo will have their proof of vaccination uploaded automatically. Individuals who receive their vaccine elsewhere must provide proof of vaccination through <a href=\"http:\/\/utvaccinereg.utoledo.edu\/\">utvaccinereg.utoledo.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UToledo will offer free vaccines for faculty, staff and students through Nov. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":849,"featured_media":76109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7,63],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94900"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94949,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94900\/revisions\/94949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}