Flu Epidemic Prompts Change to Hospital Visitor Policy
Still, while the numbers are great, this season's epidemic does not match level of brutal 2009 flu pandemic, doctor says.
If you have not fallen prey this year to the flu or something close to it, consider yourself lucky. For many, 2012-13 has not been kind when it comes to influenza. For some, it has been downright deadly. Deaths caused by the flu in 2013 reached epidemic levels late last week, according to a report in the New York Times, but the government-run Center for Disease Control (CDC) said it may have peaked. Dr. Joel Maslow, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases for Atlantic Health, however, said the answer is not quite so cut-and-dried. "The answer is 'yes' and 'no,'" he said. "If you look at the CDC website the number of reported cases seems to have peaked. [A] report also showed a decrease [around Christmas,] and then went back up." Some …
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Chris Jansen
9:47 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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