Everything HR and Operations teams need to plan and run a workplace flu program — vaccine choice, eligibility, scheduling, and the patterns we have learned across 15 years of Australian clinics.
Common Questions, Answered
Can I have my flu vaccination while taking antibiotics?
Yes, you can. This one comes up a lot, and the answer's simple: antibiotics don't interfere with the flu vaccine.
Common Questions, Answered
Australian Flu Season 2026: When It Starts, Peak Weeks and Vaccination Timing
Australia's flu season usually runs from April to October, with the heaviest activity between June and September and August often the busiest month.
Workplace Programs
How to Organise a Workplace Flu Vaccination Program in Sydney
Organising a workplace flu program in Sydney comes down to a few steps: promote it internally, share the online booking link, and run an onsite clinic.
Workplace Programs
Drive Workplace Flu Vaccination Uptake: A Wellbeing-Team Comms Guide
Driving workplace flu vaccination uptake is a four-stage wellbeing-team comms job: announce four weeks out, address objections two weeks out, run reminders the week of clinic, then send a thank-you…
Common Questions, Answered
Flu Symptoms: 5 Signs (Headache, Sweats, Fever Guide)
For most healthy adults, the flu hits suddenly with five hallmark signs: a high fever of 38°C or more, chills and sweats, a heavy headache, body aches across the back and legs, and a dry, hacking…
Risk Groups & Conditions
Cold and Flu in Asthma – Don’t risk it!
Can the cold and flu in asthma trigger attacks? Learn about what's causing the flare-ups and ways to prepare and protect yourself during the flu season.
Workplace Programs
8 Myths About the Flu and the Flu Vaccine
Debunking 8 common flu vaccine myths. The flu shot cannot make you sick, antibiotics don't cure influenza, and Vitamin C won't prevent it. Get the facts.
Risk Groups & Conditions
Why Pregnant Women should get a Flu Shot
The Australian Immunisation Handbook recommends a flu shot at any stage of pregnancy, and it is free for pregnant women under the National Immunisation Program.
Common Questions, Answered
Four Reasons to Get the Flu Shot Each Year
A yearly flu shot lowers your odds of catching influenza, cuts the chance you pass it to colleagues, family or vulnerable people, and means you keep your week instead of losing one in bed.
Vaccine Science
Can the Flu Shot Give You the Flu? Why You Got Sick
The most likely reason you got sick after your flu shot is a different respiratory virus you caught around the same time.