A nurse administers a flu shot at the Marquette County Health Department in Negaunee Township. (Journal file photo)

MARQUETTE — Flu vaccines will be available at no-cost to eligible veterans at the Marquette Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic on Sept. 26 and 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Vaccines will also be available at other locations in the U.P. including medical centers, community-based outpatient clinics, in-network community retail pharmacies and urgent care walk-in locations.

The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will offer drive-through or walk-in vaccine clinics at all locations starting Monday. Iron Mountain VA Medical Center will host drive-through clinics in their front parking lot from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily Sept. 23 to Oct. 4. A walk-in clinic in the primary care waiting room will be held the following week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 7 to Oct. 11. No appointment is necessary to receive the vaccine.

Other offerings include community-based outpatient clinics in these cities:

≤ Rhinelander — 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST Sept. 16 and 17.

≤ Sault Ste. Marie — 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST Sept. 16 and 18

≤ Ironwood — 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST Sept. 18 and 25

≤ Menominee — 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST Sept. 19 and 20

≤ Gladstone — 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST Sept. 19 and 20

≤ Hancock — 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST Sept. 23 and 24

≤ Manistique — 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST Sept. 23 and 24

Veterans unable to attend any of the VA drive through or walk in clinics can receive a flu vaccine from their PACT team provider at a regularly scheduled appointment or they can go to a community provider.

Visit va.gov/find-locations, enter your zip code, then click on community pharmacies to display options. Veterans should call ahead and confirm the community location offers no-cost flu shots to veterans through this VA benefit and make sure to follow through with all documentation requirements.

To be eligible for a flu shot from a community provider, veterans must be enrolled in VA health care and have received care form either a VA provider or a member of VA’s Community Care Netowrk within the past 24 months.

To check eligibility, veterans can call 800-MYVA411 (800-698-2411).

The 2024-25 vaccine, Spikevax, is expected soon. More details regarding the vaccine will be made available when doses are received.