Rx4Prevention

Rx4Prevention Preventing disease with vaccines is Rx4Prevention's sole focus.

While primarily serving senior communities, our team also travels to workplaces, administering immunizations in banks, factories, and construction groups.

Let's chat about optimizing your Covid shotHow can you get the most from your Covid vaccine? Rx4Prevention serves up a h...
09/18/2026

Let's chat about optimizing your Covid shot

How can you get the most from your Covid vaccine? Rx4Prevention serves up a handful of their best practices:

• Get your Covid shot now. Mid-autumn is ideal, peaking your antibody level by winter’s respiratory virus season.
• Check to confirm you’re getting the newest vaccine that targets the currently circulating variants.
• Wait at least two months since your previous Covid shot and three months after recovery from a Covid infection.
• Remember that the vaccine takes about two weeks to build full immunity after your immunization.
• Resist the temptation to use pain relievers like ibuprofen or acetaminophen BEFORE your shot; they could reduce your body's immune response.
• Do treat, however, any side effects such as achiness, arm soreness, or fever AFTER vaccination with Tylenol.
• Use common-sense aftercare support for your body by resting, drinking lots of fluids, and moving your arm gently to ease muscle soreness.

We connected with so many great folks at the IHCA trade show Monday and would love to continue our conversations with yo...
09/17/2026

We connected with so many great folks at the IHCA trade show Monday and would love to continue our conversations with you. Reach out to us! https://rx4prevention.com/

Great conversations about our mobile vaccine service at the Iowa Health Care Association meeting on Monday; thanks to al...
09/15/2026

Great conversations about our mobile vaccine service at the Iowa Health Care Association meeting on Monday; thanks to all who stopped by our booth to chat!

And...congratulations to Stephanie from Accura, winner of the Yeti Roadie cooler (and props to Brandy for picking up her prize).

We're all about immunity -- AND community. The Rx4Prevention team offered flu and Covid vaccines to our neighbors at Thu...
09/13/2026

We're all about immunity -- AND community. The Rx4Prevention team offered flu and Covid vaccines to our neighbors at Thursday's Coralville Community Food Pantry free meal at the library.

On this episode of Science Friday, let's talk about the steps toward making a vaccine to prevent HIV (human immunodefici...
09/11/2026

On this episode of Science Friday, let's talk about the steps toward making a vaccine to prevent HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

This challenge has stumped scientists for decades. Now, a research team at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology is closer to solving the immunologic riddle.
Three hurdles make preventing HIV difficult:

1. HIV disguises itself from the immune system, allowing it to sneak undetected past human cells.

2. HIV mutates very rapidly. “The worldwide diversity of HIV mutations is extraordinary. Even the diversity within one individual person living with HIV is dramatic,” said the study’s co-author.

3. HIV changes its shape when it infects human cells, preventing warrior cells (B cells) from finetuning an antibody response.

The proposed vaccine signals the body to make special germ-fighting tools called broadly neutralizing antibodies. These special proteins work around the defenses of HIV.

More work needs to be done before a vaccine is ready for humans. However, this new research not only get us closer to an HIV vaccine, but gives investigators insights into the complexities of the human immune system.

Look for the Rx4Prevention team at IHCA on Monday!
09/11/2026

Look for the Rx4Prevention team at IHCA on Monday!

We've got the 2026 Covid vaccine -- and a lot of it. That means your patients and staff can can choose to get their annu...
09/10/2026

We've got the 2026 Covid vaccine -- and a lot of it. That means your patients and staff can can choose to get their annual flu and Covid vaccines simultaneously.

That means immunity from those nasty viruses all in one sitting. How great is that?

If you see Rx4P's Kate today, wish her a happy birthday!
09/09/2026

If you see Rx4P's Kate today, wish her a happy birthday!

09/08/2026

As the U.S. prepares for another respiratory virus season, leading medical organizations are delivering a clear message: don’t wait for a federal campaign to protect yourself.

On September 2, 2026, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and Infectious Diseases Society of America released independent recommendations for flu, COVID-19, and RSV immunizations. The guidance was developed with support from the American Medical Association and the University of Minnesota’s Vaccine Integrity Project.

The move comes amid changes to the federal vaccine-policy process and the absence, so far, of the CDC’s usual coordinated seasonal vaccination campaign. Medical leaders say families and clinicians still need clear, evidence-based advice.

The stakes remain substantial. Preliminary estimates for the 2025–2026 U.S. respiratory virus season indicate at least 390,000 flu-related hospitalizations and 24,000 deaths. COVID-19 was associated with an estimated 140,000–250,000 hospitalizations and 15,000–43,000 deaths.

The independent evidence review found that recommended immunizations continue to provide meaningful protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death, with no new safety concerns identified in comparative studies. The organizations recommend flu vaccination for nearly everyone aged 6 months and older, while COVID-19 and RSV guidance varies by age, medical risk, pregnancy, and vaccination history.

The message is not that every person needs every vaccine. It is that people should have access to reliable guidance and discuss the shots appropriate for them with their healthcare provider.

Source: Adam Kovac, Scientific American, September 2, 2026. “Top medical leaders urge Americans to get their flu and COVID shots in lieu of CDC vaccine campaign.” Additional source: American Medical Association, September 2, 2026.

On this week's Rx4P's Science Friday, let's talk about your flu shot staying power.‘Tis the season for flu vaccines. Her...
09/05/2026

On this week's Rx4P's Science Friday, let's talk about your flu shot staying power.

‘Tis the season for flu vaccines. Here are five pointers to get the most out of that seasonal poke:

1. Get your flu vaccination in early fall. Aim for September or October so your body has two weeks to build antibodies before peak flu activity begins. If you somehow miss that timeframe, it’s okay. Getting a shot as late as January or February still offers meaningful protection should the flu virus hang around in to spring.

2. Know that the vaccine’s protection will decline. Immunity from a flu shot generally lasts about six months, but that’s enough to get you through a typical flu season.

3. You’ll need just one shot. Almost everyone needs only one dose per flu season; extra doses do not provide better long-term durability.

4. Get the updated yearly formula. Vaccines are produced each year to match the current circulating strain. That’s why it’s important to get a new vaccine each year.

5. If you’re a senior (over 65), make sure you get the “robust” flu vaccine variety (Fluad).

Concerned about remembering these tips? The Rx4Prevention team has your back; we work with your facility’s medical staff to make sure you get just the right flu vaccine at just the right time.

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