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CDC: 105 children died from flu this season
Posted 7:11 PM 3/22/2013 by Michelle Castillo - CBS News
More than 100 children passed away during this past flu season due to complications from the disease, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced.
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FDA cracking down on fraudulent flu drugs
Posted 6:38 AM 2/19/2013 by Ryan Jaslow - CBS News
The agency Friday that this year's early start of a severe flu season has brought the scammers out in full force, selling numerous untested and unapproved drugs that they claim can prevent or cure the flu.
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Flu season: Worst may be over
Posted 9:33 AM 2/18/2013 by Stacey Welsh - CNN
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest flu numbers, released Friday, show "influenza-like illness (ILI) continued to decrease for the third consecutive week. Most regions are showing stable or declining levels of ILI activity again this week."
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Flu activity decreasing nationwide
Posted 11:20 AM 2/8/2013 by Elizabeth Landau - CNN
The most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Friday, concludes that "influenza activity remained elevated in the United States, but decreased in most areas" in the week of January 27 to February 2, for which the latest information is available.
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Flathead County seeing more flu, pertussis cases
Posted 12:37 PM 2/6/2013 by Tara Oster - KAJ News
The Flathead City-County Health Department reports 115 new cases cropped up last week, and the week before that the county recorded 114 new cases.
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Yellowstone, Silver Bow have most MT flu cases
Posted 5:34 PM 1/18/2013 by Lindsey Gordon - MTN News
The latest flu numbers for Montana coming from the Department of Public Health and Human Services were released on Friday afternoon. With the most recent numbers, the state has seen 126 hospitalizations for influenza.
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More states reporting high flu levels
Posted 12:51 PM 1/18/2013 by CNN Staff
Thirty states are reporting high levels of flu-like illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number is a slight uptick from last week's report.
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Kalispell rest home aims to prevent flu spread
Posted 1:22 PM 1/17/2013 by Dax VanFossen - KAJ News
Nursing and rest home residents in Montana may be one of the most susceptible groups to the current flu virus, and at the Brendan House in Kalispell, they are taking a three-pronged approach to keeping the flu away.
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Kalispell doctor explains Montana flu outbreak
Posted 10:19 AM 1/17/2013 by KAJ News Staff
Montana health officials say this flu season is shaping up as the worst since 2009. The Treasure State is one of 47 where flu activity is listed as widespread.
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Missoula hospitals prepared for flu outbreak
Posted 7:36 AM 1/17/2013 by Russ Thomas - KPAX News
Staffers at St. Patrick Hospital and Community Medical Center in Missoula say that as the number of influenza cases rise, they are prepared for an increase in patients.
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