Flu in Montana (Helena)


	Flu in Montana (Helena)

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12-21-2007 11:16 AM

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		Flu season has arrived in Helena and City-County Health Department officials are encouraging residents to get flu shots before the season peaks, as expected, next month.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/12/21/helena/a07122107_02.txt"><DIV>“Flu strikes all of us at all ages, and it’s not too late to get a flu shot,” Public Health Nurse Kay Robertson said Thursday.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/12/21/helena/a07122107_02.txt"><DIV>Two cases of the illness, both in young adults, were confirmed in Helena this week, she said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/12/21/helena/a07122107_02.txt"><DIV>The flu spreads from infected people through the nose or throat of others. Its symptoms include fever, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, dry cough and chills. About 225,000 people nationwide are hospitalized every year and about 36,000 people die from the illness.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/12/21/helena/a07122107_02.txt">The Health Department offers flu shots on a sliding-fee scale every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 457-8904 or visit the department at its office at 1930 Ninth Ave.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/614B8DC4-5D71-4112-99FE-7103C8B11474/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>