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Flu season off and running in Utah; H1N1 strain is most common
By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News
Published: Sunday, Dec. 8 2013 3:50 p.m. MST
Updated: 20 minutes ago
...the strongest strain this year is the same strain that reached epidemic proportions in 2009 ? H1N1. It is also hitting the typically healthy adult population, ages 25 to 49, the hardest so far.
"We are seeing similar trends this year," Boulton said. "It is hitting that workforce age group, your moms and dads, pretty intensely."
The H1N1 strain is part of this year's flu vaccine, however, which, she said, should help keep it from spreading as widely as it did years ago, if people take advantage of the vaccine...
Flu season off and running in Utah; H1N1 strain is most common
By Wendy Leonard, Deseret News
Published: Sunday, Dec. 8 2013 3:50 p.m. MST
Updated: 20 minutes ago
...the strongest strain this year is the same strain that reached epidemic proportions in 2009 ? H1N1. It is also hitting the typically healthy adult population, ages 25 to 49, the hardest so far.
"We are seeing similar trends this year," Boulton said. "It is hitting that workforce age group, your moms and dads, pretty intensely."
The H1N1 strain is part of this year's flu vaccine, however, which, she said, should help keep it from spreading as widely as it did years ago, if people take advantage of the vaccine...