{"id":881247,"date":"2026-09-02T23:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881247\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T23:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:18:10","slug":"experts-get-flu-covid-shots-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881247\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts: Get flu, COVID shots this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/\" class=\"text-secondary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/news\/nation-world\/\" class=\"text-secondary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nation &amp; World<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThey aim to ease confusion from changing advice<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Published: September 2, 2026, 3:50pm<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/wp-content\/themes\/columbian3\/static\/img\/icons\/share-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share icon\" class=\"mr-3\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tShare<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Be_Well-Fall_Vaccine_Advice_11722-49084-1226x0-c-center.jpg\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" alt=\"A certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle, on Sept. 10, 2025.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tA certified medical assistant holds a syringe for a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seattle, on Sept. 10, 2025. (Associated Press files)<\/p>\n<p>Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines \u2014 and highlight the science behind them \u2014 saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration\u2019s changing advice.<\/p>\n<p>Flu vaccinations are beginning and COVID-19 shots are starting to arrive after the Food and Drug Administration approved this year\u2019s updated versions last week.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mb-4\" style=\"width:400px; height:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/wp-content\/themes\/columbian2\/static\/img\/columbian-logo-white.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> For a limited time only,<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t$1 for 4 weeks\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-3 font-sans px-0 px-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\tUnlock unlimited access to daily events,<br \/>breaking news, community stories and more.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tStandard rates apply thereafter. Not valid for subscribers active in the past 30 days.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Not now, maybe later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"h3\">Subscribe to unlock the full article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4\">Subscribe for only $1 for 4 weeks to get unlimited access.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tStandard rates apply thereafter. Not valid for subscribers active in the past 30 days.\n\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbian.com\/offers\/unlock\" class=\"btn btn-warning subscribe-btn btn-lg btn-arrow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News \/ Nation &amp; World They aim to ease confusion from changing advice By LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-881247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}