WA: Influenza claims 5th life in Snohomish County

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Source: http://edmondsbeacon.villagesoup.com...-county/945279

Influenza claims three lives in Snohomish County
You need a fresh flu vaccine every year; last year?s vaccine won?t work
Jan 07, 2013

The Snohomish Health District reports three residents of Snohomish County died in recent days from the severe flu that is circulating throughout Western Washington.

A Bothell woman in her 40s, an Everett woman in her 80s, and an Edmonds woman in her 80s died in late December in Snohomish County hospitals. All had underlying medical conditions...

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Re: WA: Influenza claims 4th life in Snohomish County

Source: http://heraldnet.com/article/20130118/NEWS01/701189830

Published: Friday, January 18, 2013, 3:16 p.m.
Fourth Snohomish County flu death confirmed
By Sharon Salyer, Herald Writer

The number of people in Snohomish County who have died of influenza this season has risen to four.

A Stanwood-area man in his 90s died Jan. 8 of influenza, Tim McDonald, who heads the Snohomish Health District's communicable disease division, said Friday.

The man also had an underlying health condition that was not disclosed...

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Re: WA: Influenza claims 5th life in Snohomish County

Source: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/201...WS01/701259886

Published: Friday, January 25, 2013, 1:26 p.m.
Another person dies of flu in Snohomish County
An additional county death might be flu-related
By Sharon Salyer, Herald Writer

One more flu death has been confirmed in Snohomish County and another death is being investigated as flu-related in what is shaping up to be the most severe influenza season since the swine flu outbreak of 2009.

The most recent death was an Everett woman in her 70s who died on Jan. 14, Snohomish Health District officials said Friday...