September 4, 2025 // by Framingham Pediatrics

Updated September 11, 2026

We are pleased to report that Flu vaccines are now available at Framingham Pediatrics. As always, we strongly recommend flu vaccine for all patients 6 months of age and older. Children younger than 9 years of age who have not had a total of at least 2 flu vaccines in their life before this fall will need 2 doses of the vaccine, at least 4 weeks apart. Everyone else needs just one flu vaccine this fall.

The best time to get the flu vaccine is between now and the end of October.

We do not yet have an update on availability of the 2026/2027 COVID vaccine. The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending COVID vaccine for all children 6 through 23 months of age, as well as children 2 through 18 years of age at high risk of severe COVID-19, and children whose parent or guardian would like them to be protected against the virus. We do not yet know when we will receive the vaccine. We will send an update once we know more.

As usual, Framingham Pediatrics will offer flu vaccines in the following ways:

  1. Any patient, or sibling, who has a scheduled visit in the office will be offered the flu vaccine during their visit. If you would like a non-scheduled sibling to get a flu vaccine while they are in with your other child, we ask that you PLEASE let us know ahead of time. 
  2. Scheduled Vaccine Clinic appointments through MyChart

We ask that you use the MyChart appointment scheduling feature for Vaccine Clinic appointments so that we can keep our phones and staff available for patients who need urgent advice or appointments.

See below for a reminder on how to schedule an appointment with MyChart.

Current Flu Vaccine Clinics:

Friday, September 18
Saturday, October 3
Wednesday, October 7
Friday, October 9
Monday, October 12 (school holiday)
Tuesday, October 13
Saturday, October 17
Wednesday, October 21
Wednesday, October 28

ADDITIONAL DATES WILL BE ADDED SOON!

NO WALK-IN VACCINES WILL BE GIVEN AT ANY TIME

Click here for Flu Vaccine Information Sheet

 

How to schedule a FLU clinic appointment via MyChart:

 To schedule an appointment via MyChart:

  1. You must have a parent "PROXY" account and/or a specific patient account for children 13 years of age and older.
  2. OPEN the proxy or patient account. Please note: A proxy can schedule all appointments for patients that they have access to (even if the patient is 13 years of age or older). Patients 18 years of age or older must use their own MyChart account to schedule an appointment.
  3. On a smartphone, CLICK on the "Schedule an appointment" option under the "menu" icon. On a desktop, CLICK on "schedule an appointment " under the "Visits" drop down list.
  4. CLICK "flu vaccine" and then answer the health questions.
  5. If there are no issues, you will be able to CLICK on the date and time you want, ie., Thursday September 19, 11:00 AM.
  6. CLICK "Schedule".
  7. You will need to complete pre-visit validation prior to the appointment.
  8. Repeat these steps for each patient.


 

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