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Flu hospitalizations nearly double in Wisconsin
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 7:08 PM EST
By Iris Riis, Wood County Bureau - bio | email
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) -
The number of flu cases in Wisconsin hospitals has almost doubled from last flu season.
Health officials said it's the worst outbreak since 2009, and the flu season is getting an early start.
"In the last couple of years, this is the soonest and most reported that we've had," said Dianne Rodd, Public Health Nurse at the Wood County Health Department.
According to the Wood County Health Department, Wisconsin saw 389 flu related hospitalizations last season.
This flu season, there have already been 760 influenza hospitalizations in the state...
Flu hospitalizations nearly double in Wisconsin
Posted: Jan 07, 2013 7:08 PM EST
By Iris Riis, Wood County Bureau - bio | email
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) -
The number of flu cases in Wisconsin hospitals has almost doubled from last flu season.
Health officials said it's the worst outbreak since 2009, and the flu season is getting an early start.
"In the last couple of years, this is the soonest and most reported that we've had," said Dianne Rodd, Public Health Nurse at the Wood County Health Department.
According to the Wood County Health Department, Wisconsin saw 389 flu related hospitalizations last season.
This flu season, there have already been 760 influenza hospitalizations in the state...