Area adults encouraged to take advantage of health department’s vaccine program

The Lincoln Trail District Health Department is reminding area adults to take advantage of the health department’s adult vaccination program.

“You may have heard our advertisements for Take Your Shot, and that’s exactly what we want folks to do,” said Health Department Public Information Officer Melissa Phillips. “As long as you’re 19 or older, you can do this adult vaccination program. We can bill pretty much any kind of insurance: Medicaid, Medicare, most private insurers.”

The health department has about 15 vaccines available for adults, including the main culprits of respiratory virus season.

“Flu, COVID, pneumonia, RSV, but even things like shingles, which some folks have a hard time finding that vaccine,” Phillips said. “Tdap, which has that whooping cough in it, that pertussis, if you’re around babies this time of year.”

Appointments to the health department can be made by phone call only.

“We want you to talk to an adult, especially our senior adults that sometimes have a hard time making those appointments online, and maybe you need more than one service, so we want you to talk to a live person, so you’ll just call the health department in the county that you’re closest to,” Phillips said. “You don’t have to live in that county to receive services from us, but we do cover Hardin, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, and Washington.”

Contact the health department or your doctor for more information on vaccinations.