Flu season has arrived in Oregon, with uptick in cases

Flu season in Oregon, which started a little earlier than usual, is definitely underway, said Dr. Richard Leman, a state public health physician. As of the week after Christmas, about 5 percent of emergency department visits at Oregon hospitals were for influenza-like symptoms, such as fever, cough and sore throat, according to the Oregon Health Authority’s Weekly Surveillance Report. “One of the things that’s suggestive of a heavy y ear is that one in 20 people in the past week in an Emergency…
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