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A person in their 30s has been announced as the first person to die from complications of the flu in Butte County. The county’s public health department is advising residents to get a flu vaccine and stay home if feeling sick.
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Health officials say getting your annual flu shot and the latest COVID-19 vaccine is the most effective way to prevent potentially serious respiratory illness.
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has found four new gray wolf packs in California in addition to three existing packs in Lassen, Plumas and Siskiyou counties. Also, a disaster summit will be held by Cal OES this Friday in Chico to increase community understanding of emergency response systems, and local public health departments are starting to schedule flu vaccine clinics as flu season nears.
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Influenza cases usually begin to increase in October in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While every flu season is different, one indicator of what this season might be like is to look at flu activity in countries in the southern hemisphere, which start earlier than those in the northern hemisphere.
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Experts hope continued masking will reduce this season’s dual-threat of COVID and flu.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new stay-at-home order Thursday intended to curb rapidly rising cases of COVID-19. It’s unclear exactly when the new…