So far this year, roughly 11,500 people statewide needed to be hospitalized because of the illness. Sadly, the state has also confirmed two pediatric deaths.
According to the CDC and the New York State Department of health more people are coming down with this sickness than this time last year. How can you avoid it?
The Broome County Office for Aging and Lourdes have announced flu clinics starting September 20 and continuing through October 12 at the senior centers.
Tis' the season for colds and the need to constantly blow our noses, but have we been blowing our noses wrong our whole lives? One doctor says we have been.
Every year we're warned of the dangerous spread of the flu, but this year the warnings come with a heavy undertone. The virus is hitting our kids especially hard.