Montgomery County health officials will hold two additional flu vaccination clinics for residents who have not yet been vaccinated.
Montgomery County health officials will hold two additional flu vaccination clinics for residents who have not yet been vaccinated. The clinics will offer free injectable (shots) vaccinations on Friday, January 18 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Germantown Health Center (12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown) and on Tuesday, January 22 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Dennis Avenue Health Center (2000 Dennis Avenue, Silver Spring).
Monday, January 14 2013 4:00 PM EST2013-01-14 21:00:52 GMT
Health officials say flu season is early this year -- and the Carolinians are feeling the pain. It's already one of the worst flu seasons in a decade, and it's only going to get worse. The
Health officials say flu season is early this year -- and the Carolinians are feeling the pain.
ATLANTA -
Health officials say this flu season is shaping up to be one of the more severe in recent years.
Earlier reports indicated that this could be a bad flu season, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the data now confirm it. In the last week of December flu was widespread in 41 states; flu-related child and infant deaths climbed to 18 and outpatient visits for flu symptoms had jumped to 5.6 percent.
The CDC's Tom Skinner says "people who come down with the flu can be pretty sick," with severe muscle aches and high-grade fever lasting 4 or 5 days.
Skinner says for "certain groups of people -- mainly children, the elderly, people with underlying health conditions -- it can be life-threatening."
He says the vaccine is well-matched to this year's flu strains, but isn't 100 percent effective. It does reduce the severity of the illness for those who do get it, though -- so it's still worth a shot.
WHBQ-TV | Fox 13 485 S. Highland St. Memphis, TN 38111
Main Station: (901) 320-1313 Newsroom: (901) 320-1340
