Influenza vaccines are given every year in the fall or winter.  September, October and November are the ideal months to give the flu vaccine.

Pneumococcal vaccines are routinely given to persons age 65 and older as a one-time dose. One-time revaccination is recommended 5 years later for persons at highest risk of fatal pneumococcal infection or rapid antibody loss and for persons age 65 years and older if the first dose was given prior to age 65 and 5 years or more have elapsed since the prior dose.