“They’ve created “Fight the Office Flu” kits filled with new pens – to prevent sharing, paper towels, disinfectant, and pocket-sized hand sanitizer that can be used by any business, no matter the size”, Chapman said.
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“Unilaterally, everyone’s saying we’re seeing a spike starting around the holidays”. The epidemic is far from over and may be among the worst in several years, health officials say. This flu season, even young, healthy people are dying of the flu and its complications. There was a slight increase in patients around the holidays that has since petered out.
However, it is likely that the CDC will be short-staffed while tracking the country’s flu cases. “But we have not yet seen peak activity, meaning it just might start getting worse before it starts getting better”. What’s particularly frustrating (and destructive) is that the US will nearly absolutely be paying all federal employees for this forced time off, as it did in previous shutdowns.
If you do catch the flu, Byrne recommended calling your doctor for advice and not going to the hospital. So far this flu season, the deaths of 30 children have been linked to flu.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that 759 people died of flu-related illnesses between October 7 and December 23. Everyone should also always cover their mouths when coughing, avoid people who are ill, and stay home when feeling symptoms. Don’t go to work.
Officials do not release anything more specific about the people who died.
Cold weather increases the risk of flu, pneumonia, hypothermia and heart attacks, it said.
The illness remained “widespread” in 49 states and Puerto Rico (but not Washington, D.C., Hawaii or Guam), as of January 13.
At Loma Linda Medical Center in San Bernardino County, California, the medical staff has erected a triage tent outside the emergency room to handle the influx of flu patients.
Lawmakers return to Columbia, S.C. on Monday for a busy week of hearings and the annual State of the State address, the first one to be delivered by second-year governor Henry McMaster.
While influenza A (H3N2) viruses have been the most common circulating nationally, at times this season influenza B has been the most common strain circulating in some areas of the state.
The researchers of the study analysed the medical records of 9,547 children between the ages of six months and five years living in Canada.
It can cause a miserable but relatively mild illness in many people, but more severe illness in others.
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‘We are fortunate to have a more comprehensive flu vaccination programme than in England, but each year the benefits for our community will only ever be realised if a high proportion of the groups who are eligible for vaccination take up the offer.
