{"id":3438,"date":"2025-10-14T19:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3438\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T19:27:07","slug":"no-vaccine-shortage-local-officials-encourage-vaccinations-as-flu-season-ramps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3438\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No vaccine shortage:&#8217; Local officials encourage vaccinations as Flu season ramps up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; Local health officials are reaching out to the public to let them know that seasonal vaccines are still widely available across the area.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Dr. Anita Kurian, Deputy Director of San Antonio Metro Health, released a statement on the availability<\/p>\n<p>No, there is no widespread flu vaccine shortage in San Antonio,&#8221; said Dr. Anita Kurian. &#8220;Flu shots remain widely available at pharmacies, doctor\u2019s offices, and public health clinics. While some locations may experience temporary delays due to staggered deliveries, overall, there are sufficient vaccines to meet the community\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/nation-world\/american-lung-association-launches-campaign-to-encourage-vaccinations#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/nation-world\/american-lung-association-launches-campaign-to-encourage-vaccinations#\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">American Lung Association launches campaign to encourage vaccinations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As flu season ramps up, and general confusion surrounds COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, health officials are reminding people of the importance of immunizations.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Metro Health continues to host pop-up clinics offering free flu vaccines for anyone in the community. <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.sanantonio.gov\/What-YOU-Can-Do\/Vaccination\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/covid19.sanantonio.gov\/What-YOU-Can-Do\/Vaccination\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A list of upcoming clinics can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; Local health officials are reaching out to the public to let them know that seasonal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3884,3886,3885,3888,3887,82,84,83,3883,3882],"class_list":["post-3438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-flu-season","tag-flu-shots","tag-health-officials","tag-immunizations","tag-public-health-clinics","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-vaccinations","tag-vaccine-shortage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}