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Show MDA offering free flu inoculations The Utah State Chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is offering free anti-influenza anti-influenza inoculations again this year to people who have any of the 40 neuromuscular diseases covered by the association's programs, District Director Pat Baker announced. an-nounced. Children and adults will neuromuscular disorders are considered con-sidered at high risk of serious illness il-lness if infected with influenza viruses and should receive flu shots annually as medically prescribed, she added. The Utah State Chapter of the association will pay for flu shots for all patients it serves, whether shots are administered by patients' personal per-sonal physicians or by physicians at MDA clinics. MDA's Patient and Community Services program provides direct services and quality health care to patients with neuromuscular diseases through some 230 hospital-affiliated hospital-affiliated clinics and more than 185 MDA field offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Services provided range from diagnostic di-agnostic tests and therapeutic and rehabilitative follow-up care to selected orthopedic aids and social service counseling. In Utah, the MDA clinic is located at the University Uni-versity Medical Center. |