OR: 2013/2014 Portland area seasonal flu

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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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http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/01/flu_victims_filling_up_portlan.html

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Re: OR: 2013/2014 Portland area seasonal flu

Source: http://www.katu.com/news/local/11-fl...240391181.html


11 flu-related deaths reported at Portland-area hospitals
By Lia Hardin Published: Jan 16, 2014 at 1:10 AM PST

As of Wednesday, at least 11 people had died from the flu virus at Portland metro area hospitals.

Hospital officials at Legacy, OHSU, Providence and Kaiser confirmed the 11 patients who passed away in Oregon all died after testing positive for the influenza flu virus...