Now Is the Best Time to Get Your Flu Shot

Doctors often use the phrase “flu before boo” to remind people to get their flu vaccine before Halloween. But this flu season, you might not want to wait until Oct. 31 to get vaccinated.“We might be seeing an early flu wave this year,” says Emily Martin, professor of epidemiology at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, pointing to national clinical surveillance data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that shows an uptick of flu cases in the U.S. in recent weeks.