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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT INFLUENZA
When does influenza occur?
Influenza is most common during the fall and winter months. Flu activity often increases during the late fall and early winter in the United States, but peak levels generally occur between late December and early March. Illnesses resembling influenza may occur during the summer months but they are usually due to other viruses.
Who gets influenza?
Anyone can get influenza, but it is most serious in the elderly, in young children, in people with chronic underlying health conditions such as asthma, diabetes or a weakened immune system.
How is influenza spread?
Influenza is highly contagious and is easily transmitted through contact with droplets from the nose and throat of an infected person during coughing and sneezing.
What are the symptoms of influenza?
Typical symptoms include fever, chills, aches, cough and sore throat. Intestinal symptoms, such as vomiting or diarrhea, are possible but uncommon. Although most people are ill for only a few days, influenza sometimes leads to more serious illness, such as pneumonia. Influenza-related illness, including pneumonia, causes approximately 36,000 deaths in the United States each year. Here in New York City, influenza causes an estimated 1,100 deaths, and respiratory infections cause more than 2,000.
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LIVE YA LIFE – FREE FLU SHOT BORO TOUR!
WE ARE COMING TO YOUR BOROUGH!
JOIN HOT 97 AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS!
QUEENS!!!
Come out and get your free flu shots!!
Saturday - December 19th, 2009
Jamaica YMCA
89-25 Parsons Boulevard
(90th Street Entrance)
Jamaica, NY
For Directions/Info Call (718) 739-6600
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