Pennsylvania is reporting high influenza activity, according to the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Allegheny County certainly isn't immune from the widespead outbreak of influenza reported by the Pennsylvania Health Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Allegheny County Health Department reports four local deaths in the last few weeks have been attributed to the influenza Type A virus. All four deaths have been patients 65 years or older, with the oldest victim 98 years old, according to Dr. Jim Lando, acting director of the department's Office of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. "Influenza does take people each year," he said. "That's why we do recommend that people get vaccinated." Lando said that between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012—the most up-to-date reporting period this flu season—there had been 215 confirmed …
After a slow start, the number of flu cases in the Pittsburgh area has started to rise.
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- Richard Cook
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Friday, December 14, 2012
The flu may have passed you by this holiday season, but if you haven't had a flu shot yet, you are at risk. After a slow start, the number of flu cases in the Pittsburgh area has started to rise and is now approaching moderate to high levels. According to the Allegheny County Health Department, as of Dec. 4, there were 30 confirmed cases of the flu in Allegheny County, with the actual number predicted to be three to four times higher, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette reported. Last flu season, the number of cases in Pennsylvania reached its highest level in the last week of December and first week of January. This year, Pennsylvania has already hit last year's peak. Flu shots are available in Cranberry at many locations, including: To find …
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Here's what you need to know about flu symptoms and flu shots.
With more flu cases popping up, it's time to get serious about your flu shot if you haven't gotten it yet. Who needs to get a flu shot? Dr. Roy Seitz, director of the emergency department at St. John Medical Center, offered this list. Click here for more information on flu shots from the Centers for Disease Control. The Allegheny County health department offers flu shots at its walk-in clinic at 3441 Forbes Avenue in Oakland. No Appointment necessary: • Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Wednesdays, 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Health Department’s walk-in clinic provides flu shots as a covered benefit to people with Medicare Part B who are not in an HMO and may get vaccine from any Medicare-approved provider…
Judy Aurin
1:02 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Both myself and my daughter got the flu over Christmas and New Years, My daughter started Christmas seven days later on New years even I came down with it. I Missed a week of work, with Cough, Cold, Fever Chills, Body Aches and Lethargy I slept for four days. It been 10 days for me now.. feeling better still have a horrific cough and sound like my head is in a can when I speak... and guess what! … more ›