MDA offers flu shots
Comet staff report

Continuing a service it has provided for decades, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is again offering flu shots to people who have any of more than 40 neuromuscular diseases.

Such muscle wasting diseases, especially those that progress in severity, can damage muscles involved with breathing. Catching the flu is particularly hazardous for those with muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophy, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease).

Individuals affected by a neuromuscular disease should consult their MDA clinic physicians or primary care doctors before receiving the influenza vaccine. For information, contact the nearest MDA office; call (800) 572-1717; or visit www.mda.org.