FIRST CASES OF INFLUENZA WERE
REPORTED THIS WEEK IN LEWIS AND
CLARK COUNTY.LEWIS AND CLARK
PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS3
CASES OF INFLUENZA “A” VIRUS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE
COUNTY.ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
HOSPITALIZED.ALL REPORTED CASES
SO FAR WERE IN PEOPLE UNDER THE
AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE.THE VER
YOUNG, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE
WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS
ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO TH
FLU VIRUS.LEWIS AND CLARK PUBLIC
HEALTH STRONGLY RECOMMENDS
EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF SIX
MONTHS GET A FLU VACCINE.####




{ALL OF US GETTING FLU VACCINES
NOT ONLY PROTECTS OURSELVES FROM
GETTING ILL BUT PROTECTS
THOSE THAT CAN'T HANDLE THE
DISEASE AS
WELL.}[(***JFUHRER***)]IN THE
LASTSIXWEEKS -- THE MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AN
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES HAS
CONFIRMEDSEVEN CASES
OFINFLUENZA STATEWIDE.LAST FLU
SEASON --MONTANA SAW OVER TEN-
THOUSAND CASES ACROSS THE
STATE.THERE WERE NINE-HUNDRED
AND
SEVENTY-NINE HOSPITALIZATIONS
FROM THE FLU -- 79 PEOPLE DIED
AFTER
CONTRACTING INFLUENZA.#####




AND IN CASCADE COUNTY -- PEO
