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Flu Outbreak Claims Another Adult Victim
By Kendra Lyn
| Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 | Updated 12:55 PM CST
Dallas County is reporting another person has died from the ongoing influenza outbreak in North Texas.
Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson tells NBC 5 that a man in his 50s died from flu-related symptoms this week.
Last month, Thompson says a woman over 60 was the first reported adult death this season. But there could be more cases we don?t know about.
Unlike the West Nile Virus, adult flu-related deaths do not have to be reported to the health department, according to the medical examiner?s office. Pediatric flu-related deaths must be reported...
Flu Outbreak Claims Another Adult Victim
By Kendra Lyn
| Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 | Updated 12:55 PM CST
Dallas County is reporting another person has died from the ongoing influenza outbreak in North Texas.
Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson tells NBC 5 that a man in his 50s died from flu-related symptoms this week.
Last month, Thompson says a woman over 60 was the first reported adult death this season. But there could be more cases we don?t know about.
Unlike the West Nile Virus, adult flu-related deaths do not have to be reported to the health department, according to the medical examiner?s office. Pediatric flu-related deaths must be reported...