JimO
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Flu deaths in Tennessee begin to mount
Nine people from Nashville and its surrounding counties have died from complications of the flu so far this year, and deaths are also being reported from the Cumberland Region.
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Schaffner said the nine deaths from flu complications occurred in hospitals where cases were laboratory-confirmed. Cookeville Regional Medical Center, which is outside the Vanderbilt surveillance area, has also reported two deaths from flu complications of people aged 39 and 36. The Tennessee Department of Health, which tracks only pediatric deaths and deaths of pregnant women from complications of the flu, is investigating reports of deaths that have yet to be confirmed.
People die from the flu every year, but the nine deaths in the eight-county area at this point in the season is ?noteworthy,? Schaffner said.
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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140107/NEWS07/301070122
Nine people from Nashville and its surrounding counties have died from complications of the flu so far this year, and deaths are also being reported from the Cumberland Region.
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Schaffner said the nine deaths from flu complications occurred in hospitals where cases were laboratory-confirmed. Cookeville Regional Medical Center, which is outside the Vanderbilt surveillance area, has also reported two deaths from flu complications of people aged 39 and 36. The Tennessee Department of Health, which tracks only pediatric deaths and deaths of pregnant women from complications of the flu, is investigating reports of deaths that have yet to be confirmed.
People die from the flu every year, but the nine deaths in the eight-county area at this point in the season is ?noteworthy,? Schaffner said.
...more
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20140107/NEWS07/301070122