Immunizations are offered for children and adults. Vaccines help your body recognize and fight these germs and protect you each time you come in contact with someone who is sick with any of these diseases.

Everyone will need to call the department and schedule an appointment. Please have your insurance card with you when you come in for your appointment. If it is for childhood vaccines and we have not seen your child before, we will need a record indicating what vaccines they have already been given.

Click here to visit the state’s website to get information on each vaccine preventable disease.

Click here to view the recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0-6 years.

Immunizations are given every Tuesday from 8:30am to 4:30pm with late appointments available until 6:00pm the second Tuesday and fourth Wednesday of every month.

School Immunization Requirements for Missouri

The School Immunization Requirements for Missouri change annually, please consult your school nurse or local health department for more information.
*These requirements change from year to year!

*Section 317 Changes:

As of October 1, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented policy changes to vaccine purchase with section 317 funds. What this means for the Linn County Health Department is that we have to utilize the vaccine purchased with these funds as mandated by the Federal government. Therefore, we can no longer immunize fully insured children (or adults) with the vaccine provided from the state and federal government.

As a department, we now contract with VaxCare to be able to continue to offer childhood immunizations to children of the county. However, this does mean that your insurance will be billed for the vaccine. The department does not charge any additional fees, and most insurance companies cover vaccine at 100% as a preventable service.

We advise contacting your insurance company to inquire as to preventative vaccine coverage. You will not be billed by the department, nor will money be collected at the time of service.

We advise contacting your insurance company to inquire as to preventative vaccine coverage. You will not be billed by the department, nor will money be collected at the time of service. You can access VaxCare’s website at www.vaxcare.com. You can also access more information as to these funding changes here.

Why Vaccine?

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/whatifstop.htm

Flu Vaccine

2020 DRIVE-THRU FLU CLINIC: October 8th from 10am-6pm at the Linn Co. Fair Grounds!
Please use the following link to print off and fill out the registration form ahead of time: 2020 Adult Flu Clinic Consent
If you are unable to print the form, we will have copies available in a box outside the Health Department. We strongly encourage you to fill out the registration form ahead of time to lessen your wait time.

The flu vaccine is available yearly for all county residents free of charge. We offer the vaccine for everyone from age 6 months and up. Children need an appointment for the vaccine and adults can attend any of our seasonal flu clinics. After all outreach clinics are over, adults can schedule an appointment in the office.

Two Biggest Flu Vaccine Myths:

1. The shot will give me the flu…WRONG. It is not a live vaccine and cannot give you influenza.
2. Nausea and vomiting is the flu…WRONG! Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness and is not associated with nausea and vomiting.

For more information on the seasonal flu vaccine, click here.