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Taking a Closer Look at Connecticut's COVID-19 and Flu Trends
Our state has seen high influenza and COVID-19 numbers so far this season.
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Taking a Closer Look at Connecticut's COVID-19 and Flu Trends
Our state has seen high influenza and COVID-19 numbers so far this season. Cold and flu medicine continue to be bought off store shelves as Connecticut deals with cases of flu and COVID-19 this winter. More than 4,700 COVID tests came up positive over the past seven days with a positivity rate of about 17%. Dr. Howard Selinger, chair of…
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Child Has Died of the Flu in Connecticut
The Department of Public Health reports Connecticut’s first child flu death of the season.
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Child Has Died of Influenza in Connecticut
A child from New Haven County has died from the flu, according to the state Department of Public Health. The child is under 10 years old, according to state officials, and this is the first pediatric influenza death of the season in the state. The child was between a newborn and 9 years and died this month, according to the…
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Health Officials Report First Connecticut Flu Death This Season
Connecticut health officials said a person in their 50s marks the first flu death in the state this season. The state Department of Public Health said the person who died is from New London County. Health officials didn’t provide any additional information about the person who died. DPH is reminding everyone six months and older to get their influenza...
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Iowa Man Awarded $27 Million After Urgent Care Misdiagnosed Meningitis as Flu
A jury has returned a $27 million verdict against a central Iowa medical clinic after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured. The jury in Polk County District Court in Des Moines returned the verdict Monday in the lawsuit filed in 2017 against UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine in...
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Doctors Seeing Increase in Flu Cases Across Connecticut
Flu cases are on the rise in Connecticut earlier in the season than usual this year.
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What to Know About Flu Season in Connecticut This Year
As respiratory illnesses continue to rise, doctors are also seeing an increase in influenza cases for this time of year. “There are definitely probably a little more earlier than we are normally used to, but that was to be expected,” said Dr. Ulysses Wu, chief epidemiologist at Hartford HealthCare. According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, influenza cases in…