Joint Base San Antonio > News > News

Get your RSV and flu immunizations with TRICARE
November 18, 2025 — Respiratory illnesses like respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and flu can spread quickly, especially during the fall and winter months. However, there’s an easy way to reduce your risk of serious illness — get vaccinated. TRICARE covers both RSV and flu immunizations for eligible beneficiaries, helping protect you and your family this season...

Flu shots available at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
October 18, 2024 — All TRICARE beneficiaries can receive their influenza vaccine at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas...

Fighting the flu during the holiday season
December 12, 2023 — Look out, Joint Base San Antonio … cold and flu season is here again. According to the World Health Organization, there are around a billion cases of seasonal influenza annually. Symptoms typically present 1-4 days after infection and usually last about a week. ...

Fight the flu, be your healthiest self
November 15, 2023 — Cold and flu season is here again. According to the World Health Organization, there are around a billion cases of seasonal influenza annually...

Flu season’s here: You still can get your flu shot for protection
December 14, 2022 — If you haven't gotten your annual flu shot yet, is it too late? Absolutely not, experts say. And while Dec. 5-9 was the annual National Influenza Vaccine Week, there is plenty of flu vaccine available. You can still be well-protected with just one shot...

Fight the Flu – It starts with you!
November 3, 2022 — Concerned about catching the flu? We are all at risk for getting and spreading the flu. Learn how to fight the flu - it starts with you!...

Flu season is here: are you ready?
November 12, 2020 — Moving into flu season, patients who haven't gotten the vaccine, there's still time. Flu season peaks in December and runs through February...

BAMC prepares for upcoming flu season
September 16, 2020 — Staff members at Brooke Army Medical Center are getting geared up for the upcoming flu season...

Flu vaccine essential during COVID-19 pandemic
September 16, 2020 — Influenza, or flu, season is upon us. In the United States, flu season lasts through the fall and winter. While influenza viruses circulate year-round, most flu activity peaks between December and February, but can last as late as May. Not only are we entering flu season, but we are also in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, further stressing the importance of the flu vaccine...

Mid-season flu activity increase: How to keep healthy
January 27, 2020 — Influenza can affect anyone, from the everyday civilian to the active duty service member. Current trends show an increase in flu activity at the halfway point of the season...

‘Shot in the arm’ a good thing with onset of flu season
September 26, 2019 — The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus that can be spread by coughing, sneezing or nasal secretions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its symptoms range from cough, sore throat and runny or stuffy nose to muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue. Fever can also be a symptom, though it does not affect everyone who has the flu...

Vaccines: A public health success story
August 8, 2019 — Throughout U.S. history, people have benefited from improvements in the field of public health. The availability of clean water, the development of sewage systems, and other effective interventions worked to cut the rate of disease in entire segments of the population at relatively low cost. Vaccination is an intervention that has proved effective in terms of cost and effort in protecting the population from disease...