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Flu?s death toll in LA County climbs as waves of patients swamp hospitals, clinics
By Susan Abram | sabram@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2018 at 7:43 pm | UPDATED: January 5, 2018 at 10:04 pm
The flu has killed at least 26 Los Angeles County residents so far this season, health officials reported Friday, compared to just five at the same point last year.
Those figures do not include the cities of Pasadena and Long Beach, however, since both cities have their own health departments, and means the number of deaths could be higher. That?s because the strain gripping the Los Angeles County region this year is not just earlier, it?s also stronger ? overwhelming hospitals and urgent care centers and raising concerns about a possible shortage of the Tamiflu treatment...
Flu?s death toll in LA County climbs as waves of patients swamp hospitals, clinics
By Susan Abram | sabram@scng.com | Daily News
PUBLISHED: January 5, 2018 at 7:43 pm | UPDATED: January 5, 2018 at 10:04 pm
The flu has killed at least 26 Los Angeles County residents so far this season, health officials reported Friday, compared to just five at the same point last year.
Those figures do not include the cities of Pasadena and Long Beach, however, since both cities have their own health departments, and means the number of deaths could be higher. That?s because the strain gripping the Los Angeles County region this year is not just earlier, it?s also stronger ? overwhelming hospitals and urgent care centers and raising concerns about a possible shortage of the Tamiflu treatment...