Who should get a COVID-19 Vaccination

Everyone ages 6 months and older should get the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine. This includes people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine before and people who have had COVID-19.

Find the current recommendations, including when you can get a booster, at Stay Up to Date with COVID-19 Vaccines Including Boosters.

Vaccine Specific Information

• Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines
• Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines
• Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted

If You Test Positive or Have Been Exposed

If you have COVID-19 you do not need to isolate for a set number of days. However, you can still get others sick. 

• Stay home until you have not had a fever for 24 hours without using fever reducing medication and other COVID-19 symptoms are improving.
• Avoid contact with high-risk individuals like people who live in congregate care facilities or people with immunocompromising conditions for 10 days.
• Mask when you are around other people in the 10 days after you become sick or test positive.

If you have a severe case, are hospitalized or are severely immunocompromised please follow the recommendations above, avoid contact with high-risk people and mask for 10-20 days. Please contact your healthcare provider for advice on how long to isolate.

For more information on COVID 

If you do not have insurance and would like a COVID-19 vaccine, please call us at 541-265-4112 for assistance in finding a non-billable COVID vaccine.

Flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.

Who should get a Flu Vaccination

The flu vaccine is recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older.

What To Do If You Get Sick 

Most people with flu have mild illness and do not need medical care or antiviral drugs. If you get sick with flu symptoms, in most cases, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people except to get medical care.

You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:

• Your symptoms are getting better overall, and
• You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

After these two criteria are met, there are some additional precautions that can be taken to protect others from respiratory illness. More information is available at About Preventing Spread of Respiratory Viruses When You’re Sick.

If you do not have insurance and would like a Flu vaccine, please call us at 541-265-4112 for assistance in finding a non-billable Flu vaccine.

Back to School

The 2025-26 school exclusion day is FEBRUARY 25, 2026

Children who attend public or private schools, preschools, childcare facilities, and/or Head Start programs are required by law to stay up to date with immunizations. 

If immunizations are not up to date by exclusion day, the student will not be able to attend until proper documentation of immunization status, or an exemption is received.

Vaccines for Children

Vaccine schedules are based on nationally recommended standards. For vaccine recommendations for persons 18 years of age or younger, see the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule.

Most insurance, including the Oregon Health Plan (OHP), are accepted by medical providers. Please check with your insurance company before making an appointment. However, no child will be denied vaccines due to inability to pay.

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program helps provide vaccines to children whose parents or guardians may not be able to afford them. This helps to ensure that all children have a better chance of getting their recommended vaccinations on schedule.

To be eligible for VFC, a child (age 0-18 years) must fit one of these categories:

• Enrolled in Medicaid/Oregon Health Plan;
• Uninsured; or
• American Indian/Alaskan Native.

Children whose health insurance policies do not cover some or all vaccines, or only cover vaccines until a child reaches a certain age (i.e. considered "underinsured"), may receive no cost immunizations at public sites such as county health department clinics and clinics that are designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

Vaccines for Adults

For vaccine recommendations for persons 19 years of age or older, see the Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule by Age.