Flu Report
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Arkansas is among five states where the flu
is appearing sporadically this fall, and state health officials are
advising Arkansans to get flu shots.
Federal health officials say the flu is already widespread in
Texas and sporadic in Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Nebraska and
New York.
Forty states and the District of Columbia reported no cases of
the flu; four states did not report to the federal agency that
week.
Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus.
About 36-thousand people in the United States die each year from
the flu.
In Arkansas, flu season continues through March, but a person
can contract the illness any time of the year. So far this fall,
the state Health Department has gotten reports of the flu from
eight counties: Desha, Faulkner, Lonoke, Miller, Perry, Pulaski,
Sebastian, and Washington.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
