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Massachusetts hospitals and nursing homes implement stricter measures against the flu
01/09/2013 9:58 AM
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff
Confronting an earlier and a harsher than usual flu season, hospitals and other health care facilities are limiting visitors who may potentially infect sick or elderly patients with the virus -- precautions not seen since the 2009 H1N1 ?swine flu? pandemic.
Massachusetts has had 18 flu-related deaths so far this season, according to the state Department of Public Health. Boston has experienced ten times the number of reported flu cases already this season compared to all of last season; four flu-related deaths have occurred so far in the city...
Massachusetts hospitals and nursing homes implement stricter measures against the flu
01/09/2013 9:58 AM
By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff
Confronting an earlier and a harsher than usual flu season, hospitals and other health care facilities are limiting visitors who may potentially infect sick or elderly patients with the virus -- precautions not seen since the 2009 H1N1 ?swine flu? pandemic.
Massachusetts has had 18 flu-related deaths so far this season, according to the state Department of Public Health. Boston has experienced ten times the number of reported flu cases already this season compared to all of last season; four flu-related deaths have occurred so far in the city...