The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) kicked off the 2024-2025 respiratory season at the 10th Annual Flu Awareness Night with the Washington Nationals on September 12, 2024. Despite the loss to the Miami Marlins, the event was a big success—reminding all fans age 6 months and older to get an annual influenza (flu) vaccine.
NFID and partners waved their #FightFlu paddles and shared their Traveling Flu Bugs during the game, and the NFID public service announcement video, Are You That Person?, aired on the Jumbotron. The weather was perfect and the group of nearly 100 NFID supporters had a great night at the ballpark!
NFID has sponsored the annual event since 2012, skipping 2020-2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Join NFID to Help #FightFlu
Join NFID and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the 2024 Annual News Conference on Preventing Respiratory Disease This Fall and Winter on September 25, 2024. Leading national infectious disease experts will present final respiratory vaccine coverage data from the 2023-2024 US respiratory season and will discuss the importance of vaccination against flu, COVID-19, respiratory syncytial disease (RSV), and pneumococcal disease. Results from a new NFID national survey of US adults on vaccination attitudes and behaviors will also be shared.
Panelists include: Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, CDC Director; Demetre C. Daskalakis, MD, MPH, Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC; Robert (Bob) H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, NFID Medical Director (Moderator); Flor M. Muñoz, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine and NFID Director; and Reed V. Tuckson, MD, Managing Director, Tuckson Health Connections, LLC and Co-Convener of the Coalition For Trust In Health & Science.
Chair and Co-Founder, Black Coalition Against COVID.
Leading by Example
Show your commitment to disease prevention throughout the season by sharing your vaccination photos and/or videos on social media.
To join the conversation and get the latest news on infectious diseases, follow NFID on X (Twitter) using the hashtag #FightFlu, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, visit us on LinkedIn, listen and subscribe to the Infectious IDeas podcast, and subscribe to receive future NFID Updates.
