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🎉 Happy National Pharmacists Day! 🎉

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PHARMACIST DAY

Anyone who has required the services of a pharmacist, take time to thank them today. Give them a shout-out. Whether they work in a facility or local pharmacy, they will appreciate the good word. If you're considering a career, learn more about pharmacy. Use to post on social media. ❤️💊

To all the pharmacists out there, thank you for your dedication, compassion, and expertise. You’re more than medication experts — you’re trusted confidants, problem solvers, and advocates for better patient care. 🥳

🍪🍪🍪Bake Cookies Day is on December 18, just in time for Christmas. Cookies are more than just a baked treat, with generations bonding over it. What we love best about cookies is their versatility; crispy or soft and chewy, traditional shapes or special cookie-cutter designs, sugar, spices, dried fruit, chocolate, the list of options goes on. So get baking and fill your house with the aroma of warm, soft cookies baked to perfection.

Top 10 Flu Season Facts!

In the U.S., flu can start to circulate as early as October, peak between December and February, and extend through May! The best time to get vaccinated is before flu begins circulating in your community.

It’s not “just” flu! On average every year in the U.S., flu results in millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and tens of thousands of deaths. Aside from COVID-19, flu is the deadliest vaccine-preventable disease in the U.S.

Everyone is at risk from flu, but young children, pregnant women, older adults, and people with chronic medical conditions are especially vulnerable. Read about people who have been personally impacted by flu.

Annual flu vaccination is recommended for everyone six months and older, with rare exception. Flu vaccines have been updated this season to help protect against three circulating strains of flu.

Vaccination is the best defense we have against flu-related illness, hospitalization, and death. Getting vaccinated helps protect YOU, your loved ones, and your community!

There is a preferential flu vaccine recommendation to better protect people aged 65 years and older. Older adults should receive a high-dose, adjuvanted, or recombinant flu vaccine.

A flu vaccine can’t make you sick! Check out our FAQs at the bottom of this page.

Flu vaccines can be given at the same time as other vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines. And an important note: COVID vaccines DO NOT protect you against flu!

It’s recommended that you get a flu vaccine by the end of October and BEFORE flu starts spreading in your community, although vaccination later in the season can still be beneficial.

Flu vaccination can be convenient and free! Vaccines are available at doctors’ offices, pharmacies, clinics, local health departments, schools, and grocery stores.

2024-25 Flu Season - Vaccinate Your Family The best way to protect yourself and your family from serious flu illness is to get vaccinated. Everyone 6 months and older is recommended to get a flu vaccine every year.

🌟 World Kindness Day Reminder 🌟

A little kindness goes a long way! Today, we celebrate the simple acts that make life brighter. Whether it's sharing a smile, lending a hand, or indulging in self-care, remember to spread kindness to those around you – and yourself.

✨ Be kind. Be thoughtful. Be you. ✨

We hope to see you at the Pharmacy!