flu season

CDC: Flu Season Worsens Nationally

NEW YORK (AP) – It looks like Groundhog Day for the nation’s flu report, too: It’s gotten worse, and there are weeks of suffering ahead. The government’s latest report out Friday shows the flu season continued to intensify last week. One of every 14 visits to doctors and clinics were for symptoms of the flu. That’s the highest level since…

SC DHEC officials say 6 more have died from flu

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – State health officials say six more people died of flu in South Carolina during the last flu season. The Greenville News reports that figures from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control show that brings the total numbers of deaths from the virus this season to 53. Most of those – 42 – were ages…