September 4, 2025 // by Framingham Pediatrics

Updated September 4, 2025

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 September and the end of October.

We do not yet have an update on availability of the 2025/2026 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. However, the vaccine is still awaiting FDA approval and we do not know when that might happen. We will update you 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:

  • Tuesday, September 16
  • Tuesday, September 23
  • Thursday, September 25
  • Thursday, October 2
  • Friday, October 10
  • Wednesday, October 22
  • Thursday, October 23
  • Friday, October 24
  • Tuesday, November 11
  • Friday, November 28

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-however, once the appointment is booked, it can only be seen on the patient account). 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 a.m.
  6. CLICK "Schedule".
  7. You will need to complete pre-visit validation prior to the appointment.
  8. Repeat these steps for each patient.

CLICK HERE to schedule your appointment on your computer or go the MyChart app on your smartphone or tablet.

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