Flu emergency hits Birmingham ’s medical community

Widespread flu cases are causing challenges for hospitals and medical clinics around the state. It's a flu outbreak that has many hospitals over capacity, caused a rash of workplace absences and even led one Birmingham-based company to accelerate the opening of a new clinic. Jefferson County Department of Health Officer Mark Wilson said area emergency departments and outpatient clinics saw a high volume of patients with flu or flu-like symptoms. “This is not a pandemic flu situation, but it…
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