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Flu cases in Alaska are way up
It looks like a lot of Alaskans resolved to get the flu in 2019 based on recent flu reports.
Lab-confirmed cases of influenza have risen dramatically beginning in January, according to the Alaska Influenza Report issued by the Alaska Division of Public Health.
Through December 2018, there were 84 lab-confirmed cases of the flu in Alaska, according to the report. In January, there were 750 — there have been 1,014 total — with most of them coming in the back half of the month.
“These past couple of weeks there’s certainly been an increase,” said Louisa Castrodale, epidemiologist for the Alaska Division of Public Health.
Read more: https://www.juneauempire.com/news/flu-cases-in-alaska-are-way-up/