An increase in the number of flu cases and deaths in Kentucky is cause for concern, health care officials said on Thursday. “If comparing to previous year, our increase in influenza came later in January”.
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While seasonal flu outbreaks can happen as early as October, flu activity is usually highest between December and February, and can last through the spring.
Influenza activity and flu-related deaths are rising in North Carolina as the peak of the 2016-17 flu season nears.
“There still needs to be more education out there, more dissemination of news on these complicated side effects, because people simply don’t know”, Barzaga said.
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The free flu vaccine is available from many Saskatchewan pharmacies, some physician offices and public health offices. Getting the shot isn’t exactly fun, but it’s a hell of a lot more entertaining that feeling like a walking corpse for two weeks and struggling to recover while your friends avoid all physical contact with you. Some of the biggest ones are that you can get the flu if you get the flu shot and that you don’t have to get vaccinated every year if you’re healthy. “We ask that individuals not come to the hospital to visit patients if they have any cold or flu-like symptoms including cough, sore throat, headache or fever”.
White says, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ Secretary Vicki Yates Brown Glisson has it right when she says get the shot and apply common sense.
Three pediatric flu deaths were reported to the CDC during the week of January 1 – the first of such deaths so far this flu season, according to the CDC’s FluView. “It is important that Stanislaus County residents receive the flu vaccine and take other preventative measure to help prevent further loss of life”.
“We have at least three months where the flu season can still be in effect”, Armbruster said.
“Get the flu shot now, but keep in mind that it takes two weeks for the antibodies to build up in the body”, Anderson said. Although the CDC says nasal spray flu vaccine shouldn’t be taken this season, the agency recommends flu vaccinations for anyone over the age of 6 months. Other ways to prevent spreading the flu is to wash your hands regularly, cough into your elbows and not your hands, and use disinfectant.
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If you are at high risk for severe illness contact your health care provider with concerns.
