Health Department to host free flu vaccine clinic for children, Nov. 14

The Carroll County Health Department is hosting two free flu vaccination clinics for children beginning Wednesday.

The clinics will be hosted from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, and Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Carroll County Health Department’s 290 S. Center St., Westminster location, according to a news release.

The clinics offer quadrivalent vaccines — vaccines formulated to provide protection against four strains of the influenza virus — as both injections and the FluMist nasal spray, according to the release.

The vaccinations are free to children ages 6 months through 18 years, according to the release, regardless of whether they have insurance.

For more information, visit the Health Department’s flu page at cchd.maryland.gov/flu or call 410-876-4942.