COVID-19 Vaccines

2024-2025 COVID Vaccines Now Available

Update 9/30/2024:

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department is now providing the updated 2024-2025 COVID vaccines. Call (913) 573-8855 to make an appointment.

Last month, the FDA approved and authorized new 2024-2025 COVID vaccines. The CDC recommends the updated 2024-2025 COVID vaccines for everyone ages 6 months and older to protect against serious outcomes from COVID this fall and winter. The virus that causes COVID is always changing, and the updated 2024-2025 vaccine can give you better protection against current virus variants. 

You can get your seasonal flu vaccine at the same time as your COVID vaccine.

Flu vaccine information

Be prepared this flu season! Flu vaccines are available by appointment at the Wyandotte County Public Health Department for:

  • Adults who are uninsured, underinsured, on Medicaid, or these types of private health insurance: Aetna, BCBS, Cigna, UHC, and Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Children who are eligible for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program (VFC eligibility: Medicaid-eligible, uninsured, underinsured, or American Indian or Alaska Native) 

Call (913) 573-8855 to make an appointment.

Information on COVID Vaccines

COVID vaccines protect you against serious illness, hospitalization, or death from COVID. You can learn more about COVID vaccines below. Click here to see if you are up to date on your COVID vaccines.

 

Basic Information and Guidance

COVID vaccines protect against serious illness, hospitalization, or death from COVID. Anyone age 6 months and older is eligible to be vaccinated. The COVID virus continues to change, which mean vaccine recommendations may change to respond to the virus. This is why we have an updated 2024-2025 vaccine this fall.

The CDC recommends that everyone who is eligible get vaccinated, and that everyone stay up to date with COVID vaccinations. Check to see if you are up to date on your COVID vaccines at: https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html

Types of COVID vaccines offered by the WYCO PHD

The Wyandotte County Public Health Department (WYCO PHD) offers Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for eligible individuals ages 6 months and older. 

The WYCO PHD provides COVID vaccines by appointment. Call (913) 573-8855 to make an appointment.

How to find additional vaccine locations

To search for a COVID vaccine provider near you, go to vaccines.gov

Guidance for people with weakened immune systems

People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system) are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 illness and death. Additionally, their immune response to COVID-19 vaccination may not be as strong as in people who are not immunocompromised. If you are immunocompromised, you may need to receive more doses of COVID vaccine than someone who is not immunocompromised.

Learn more about COVID vaccines for people who are immunocompromised.

Vaccine cards

According to the CDC website, the CDC no longer issues the white CDC COVID-19 Vaccination cards that were issued earlier in the pandemic.

If you lost your COVID vaccine card and need records of your previous COVID vaccinations, fill out the form below and email it to Wendy Dobratz, wdobratz@wycokck.org, and Betty Criss, bcriss@wycokck.org

COVID Vaccine Card Request Form(PDF, 125KB)