Saturday, October 17, 2009

Flu cases rapidly rising in region - Redlands Daily Facts


Flu cases rapidly rising in region - Redlands Daily Facts:

"A national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of people hospitalized with H1N1 found the number of deaths was highest (39 percent) among people between 25 and 49.

'This week and last have been some the busiest days of the past four or five months,' said Dr. Rodney Borger, ER medical director at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.
Borger said that if someone is showing signs of the flu now, the odds are better than 80 percent that it is the H1N1 virus."