Despite a mild flu season last year that set a record for the lowest and shortest peak for influenza-like illness, officials are urging residents to get flu shots this year.
The flu season is still in full-swing despite warm spring temperatures rolling into the area.
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After a swine flu epidemic last year, the St. Charles Community Health Center says that residents can stop worrying about contracting the virus. […]
The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick. […]
Dealing with the sudden illness of her son Andrew has been extremely difficult, but LeAnne Sandoz says the outpouring of support from Andrew’s friends in the community has been a blessing. […]
Within the last month, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of patients – especially children – treated for flu-like symptoms at the St. Charles Community Health Center, says medical director Kevin Joseph. […]
School nurses across St. Charles Parish are closely monitoring students for flu-like symptoms in an effort to prevent the transmission of what many school officials are calling an “unseasonal outbreak.” […]
Two students at St. Charles Borromeo School in Destrehan were confirmed to have the swine flu on Monday, said Sarah Comiskey of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. […]
St. Charles Parish still has no confirmed cases of swine flu, and two samples in the area that were sent to the state lab for testing came back negative, according to Parish President V.J. St. Pierre. Both samples were gathered by private doctors in the area, Senior Emergency Coordinator Jason Tastet said. […]
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