Patients are streaming into Portland-area emergency rooms with the flu season ramping up to be a bad one.
"It's one of the worst seasons in the past three or four years," said Dr. Ann Thomas, head of the flu team at Oregon Public Health Division. "We're seeing more cases, and we've admitted more people to the hospital."
Since the season kicked in, 179 people have been hospitalized in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties and at least seven people have died.
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"It's one of the worst seasons in the past three or four years," said Dr. Ann Thomas, head of the flu team at Oregon Public Health Division. "We're seeing more cases, and we've admitted more people to the hospital."
Since the season kicked in, 179 people have been hospitalized in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties and at least seven people have died.
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