Idaho Influenza 2019-20; 25 fatalities, 2 pediatric

Ronan Kelly · Dec 22, 2019

State Flu Homepage: https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/DiseasesConditions/Influenza/tabid/2505/Default.aspx

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Ronan Kelly · Dec 23, 2019

Idaho health department says 2 women died of influenza
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DECEMBER 23, 2019 02:47 PM
NAMPA, IDAHO
The recent deaths of two women in Idaho are the first flu-related deaths of the season, state officials said.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare did not release the dates of their deaths, but said both women were older than 70, The Idaho Press reports.
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Ronan Kelly · Jan 9, 2020

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Local teenager dies from flu complications 4 days before her birthday
Brittni JohnsonBrittni Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com
Local Published at 4:50 pm, January 8, 2020 | Updated at 4:54 pm, January 8, 2020

IDAHO FALLS — An Idaho Falls girl went to the doctor with a sore throat and fever, but her sickness took a turn for the worse and she died four days before her 14th birthday.

Liliana “Lily” Isabel Juson Clark visited an urgent care clinic on Dec. 27 because she wasn’t feeling well, according to a GoFundMe page set up by Deseray Burtenshaw. Burtenshaw is a friend of Clark’s mom.

On Sunday, less than two weeks later, Clark died due to flu complications. Her family was by her side when she passed away.
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Ronan Kelly · Jan 11, 2020

Two children in Idaho have died from flu-related illness
Health officials say they are also investigating a report of another flu-related death of third child in eastern Idaho.
Author: KTVB Staff
Published: 12:11 PM MST January 10, 2020
Updated: 12:11 PM MST January 10, 2020
Two children, one in northern Idaho and the other in eastern Idaho, have died from flu-related causes, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
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Ronan Kelly · Jan 13, 2020

Idaho teen dies two weeks after she was treated for flu symptoms
By Jackie SaloJanuary 12, 2020 | 3:57pm

A 13-year-old Idaho girl died less than two weeks after she was diagnosed with the flu and treated with antibiotics, loved ones said.

Liliana “Lily” Clark, of Idaho Falls, visited an urgent care clinic Dec. 27 after complaining of a sore throat and fever, according to a GoFundMe page launched by family friend Deseray Burtenshaw.

The teen was diagnosed with the flu and left the doctor with a prescription for the antiviral medication Tamiflu, Burtenshaw said.

But two days later, she was rushed back to the medical center when she was unable to breathe and appeared green in color, the page said.
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Ronan Kelly · Jan 18, 2020

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Ronan Kelly · Jan 22, 2020

12 flu-related deaths reported in Idaho this season
By OLIVIA HEERSINK oheersink@idahopress.com 11 hrs ago

BOISE — At least 12 people have died of flu-related causes throughout the state this season, according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

Of the 12, three were children, Dr. Christine Hahn said in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. Two lived in eastern Idaho and one in northern Idaho.
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