43 Flu Related Deaths Reported in Kentucky

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.wsaz.com/news/kentuckynew...287984861.html


26 Flu Related Deaths Reported in Kentucky
Posted: Thu 6:35 PM, Jan 08, 2015
By: The Associated Press Email

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky health official says 26 people have died in the state as a result of the flu this season.

Public Health Deputy Commissioner Kraig Humbaugh said Thursday that the flu outbreak is at a widespread level statewide for the fifth straight week.

He says the 26 flu-related deaths in Kentucky included two children, five people between the ages of 18 and 64 and 19 who were 65 or older

[Ronan Kelly]

Flu Season Active in Kentucky

By PAUL HITCHCOCK

Credit Health Center Wellness
?We are still in the middle of flu season and with more flu cases on the rise we need to do everything that we possibly can to protect ourselves, our families and the people around us,? says William Melahn, M.D., SCR vice president of medical affairs.
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According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky has had 43 influenza-related deaths since this year?s flu season began early last September.
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