Flu Still Widespread in Northeast Ohio, Take our Poll
The illness has been reaching high levels across the state and country.
Ohio is in the midst of an “unusually” active influenza season, the Ohio Department of Health reports. The Lorain County Board of Health, which oversees Avon, and the Lorain City Health Department, which oversees Avon Lake, are offering tips on preventing the flu as well as where to get flu shot in the county and Avon Lake. According to FluView, the flu is widespread throughout Ohio (numbers for Lorain County are not available). On Jan. 10, CNN said infections were at an epidemic level, citing Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, as saying influenza was on the uptick in the United States According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, …
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10:13 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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