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Icky, yucky flu!
09.22.16
Yucky, icky flu.
Just how yucky and icky, you ask? Consider this:
- Influenza (the flu) is the 8th leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 27,000 people die from it every year.
- The flu is responsible for an estimated 111 million missed work days every year.
- On average, it takes 40 people getting a flu shot to prevent one person from getting sick with the flu. If everyone at Health Care for the Homeless were to get the vaccine, we would help prevent at least six of our coworkers from getting sick!
Stay out of the hospital, save your PTO for a much-needed vacation and do your part to protect yourself, your loved ones, our colleagues and our clients—some of which are at much higher risk of severe complications from the flu than others. Get a flu shot at one of the upcoming Health Care for the Homeless flu clinics. Clinics are scheduled for the following dates at 421 Fallsway in the medical department (unless otherwise noted):
- Thursday, Sept. 22: 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Friday, Sept. 23: 3-4 p.m.
- Wednesday, Sept. 28: 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Thursday, Sept. 29 (1st Floor Group Room): 3-4 p.m.
- Wednesday, Oct. 5: 12-1 p.m.
- Friday, Oct. 7: 12-1 p.m.
More Recent News
04.22.25
After a year and a half providing care in our adult medical clinic at Fallsway, Jimmy Miller is moving into a newly created Director of Outreach Services role. In this brand-new role, he’ll oversee outreach, mobile clinic and street medicine. Jimmy brings both a keen passion for outreach-based care and years of direct experience building and leading street medicine teams.
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04.14.25
Meet our new Director of Practice Operations Kiana Johnson! Kiana may be a familiar face – she held the roles of Client Service Manager and Practice Manager at Health Care for the Homeless from August 2020 to October 2022. A Baltimore native with more than eight years of experience in health care operations, Kiana will oversee registration, benefits enrollment and dental coordination in her new role. Learn more about her priorities and passions below.
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03.31.25
We couldn’t be happier to welcome back Erick Torres, RN to the agency as our new Director of Nursing. Erick earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing at Miami Dade College and brings six years of nursing and nurse management experience. A true team player, Erick’s years in our Pediatric & Family Clinic demonstrated his enthusiasm for the work, easy rapport building with clients and passion for collaboration. Get to know him in this Q&A.
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