Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/ind..._sets_new.html
Flu hospitalizations set new record in Portland area
By Lynne Terry | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on January 26, 2017 at 1:32 PM, updated January 26, 2017 at 1:39 PM
It's now official: This is the worst flu season in Oregon history.
Hospitalization for influenza have surpassed 1,000, trampling the previous record set in 2014-15, when 810 people were hospitalized in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties.
A type of influenza A - H2N3 - circulated in 2014-15 and is the dominant strain this season too. For an unknown reason, it hits older people the hardest. So far this season, those 51 and older account for 85 percent of those hospitalized, a number that's similar to the 2014-15 season...
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