{"id":17215,"date":"2025-10-28T01:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17215\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T01:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T01:54:11","slug":"allentown-health-bureau-offering-additional-free-flu-shot-clinics-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17215\/","title":{"rendered":"Allentown Health Bureau offering additional free flu shot clinics | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; The Allentown Health Bureau is expanding the number of flu vaccination clinics it is offering this month.<\/p>\n<p>The clinics are in addition to the bureau\u2019s weekly Friday clinics at Alliance Hall, 245 N. 6th Street, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Flu shots are available to individuals ages six months and older, with no insurance or residency requirements, the bureau said in a news release Monday.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Flu Shot Clinic Schedule (1).png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68ff73e1ab9d0.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Community Flu Shot Clinic Schedule. Image from Allentown Health Bureau<\/p>\n<p>The bureau says the clinics are open to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Community Flu Shot Clinic Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Bucky Boyle Park (6th Ward): Thursday, October 24 | 10:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Mack Pool (South Side): Monday, October 27 | 3:00 PM \u2013 5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Cedar Beach Pool (West End): Thursday, October 30 | 10:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Alliance Hall (245 N. 6th Street): Every Friday During Flu Season | 1:30 PM \u2013 3:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone six months and older receive a flu vaccine every year.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"COA_FluShots_840x400_10-09-24\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"2086\" height=\"994\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68d408f9846ef.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"95\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Information on Allentown clinics offering flu shots<\/p>\n<p>                                    Image from City of Allentown<\/p>\n<p>The bureau says vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent seasonal flu and reduce the risk of severe complications, hospitalizations, and missed school or workdays.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bureau, getting vaccinated each year helps:<\/p>\n<p>Protect you and those around you from serious illness<\/p>\n<p>Reduce the spread of flu in the community<\/p>\n<p>Lessen strain on hospitals and healthcare systems during respiratory virus season<\/p>\n<p>For more information about flu clinics, people can contact the Allentown Health Bureau at 610-437-7760.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; The Allentown Health Bureau is expanding the number of flu vaccination clinics it is offering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[12427,153,155,154,12429,12426,338,12428,2303,12430,1394],"class_list":["post-17215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-allentown-health-bureau","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-cdc","tag-flu-shot-clinics","tag-healthcare","tag-influenza","tag-public-health","tag-seasonal-flu","tag-vaccination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}