Typically, there’s a period each flu season where the numbers spike dramatically. All of a sudden, bunches of people are going to the hospital and…
The percentage of emergency room visits due to the flu are at 11.2 percent in Kane County — higher than they have been since the…
There were 22 flu-related pediatric deaths nationally in Week 6, but the graphic for Kane County, for the first time in weeks, is starting to…
Flu surveillance reports released today (Friday, Feb. 2, 2018) reveal no flu-related pediatric deaths in Kane County, but the number has grown to 53 nationwide….
Kane County flu-related visits to the emergency rooms of local hospitals hit 12.6 percent in the most-recent report — the highest percentage since the 2009-10…
As a result of high levels of influenza cases and based on information from Kane County Health Department and the recommendation of Rush-Copley Medical Center,…
With the recent, nationally-publicized deaths of so many young people due to the flu, a lot of folks in Kane County probably are wondering whether…
The member agencies of the Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium are advising residents that seasonal flu activity has increased sharply in recent weeks. The evidence…
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that the flu already is battering seven states and warns that America could endure one of…
The Illinois Department of Public Health says to get a flu shot ASAP — and don’t use the nasal spray vaccine. The IDPH recommends everyone…
