Flu season hits Georgia hard according to : CBS46

"The one that's actually positive most of the time is the type h3n2 so that is actually in the flu vaccine." Dekalb County Schools had two schools report flu this year. "The flu vaccine is well matched to the strains that are out there," said Pimentel. "Typically on average, the flu season usually lasts about 15 weeks," she said. Georgia is having some of the highest flu activity in the country right now.




MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) --- Southern Wisconsin is hitting the height of flu season. At the peak of the season, about half the people who will get the flu this year have yet to fall ill, according to Dr. Jon Temte, a physician at the Department of Family Medicine at UW-Madison. This year, Temte says 20 children have been reported of dying from the flu, and most of them have not gotten the shot. Children are the leading cause of spreading the flu according to Temte, who is worried that not enough children are getting the vaccine this year. Dr. Temte encourages people to stay home if feeling sick.

Flu season underway in Delaware; takes life of elderly Sussex County woman

- An elderly Sussex County woman has died from the Flu, the Delaware Division of Public Health announced Monday, marking the first flu-related death in Sussex County of the 2016-2017 season. Pharmacies and grocery stores that offer Flu vaccines can be found online on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's website. Her death brings Delaware's total number of flu-related deaths to three so far this season, DPH says. You can check for times and locations at the Division of Public Health website. Flu vaccines are available at DPH clinics located within State Service Centers.



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