2012 PA Flu Season Expected to be Bad, Number of Cases Already Higher
The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting higher numbers this year than last and the Center for Disease Control says the 2012-2013 flu season could be one of the worst.
State and federal health officials say this flu season is off to an early start with many more Pennsylvania cases reported for the last week of November 2012 than in 2011. The CDC reports that already, two children have died from the illness this season. An article in the Pittsburgh Tribune reports, "During the last week of November 2011, there were nine confirmed cases of the flu in Pennsylvania compared to 76 cases during the same period this year," said Holli Senior, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health. Influenza has been reported in 41 of 67 counties." According to the state Department of Health, there were 214 cases of confirmed influenza across the state from Oct. 4 - Nov. 24 this year. Seven of those cases were in the …
