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Article: VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FLU SEASON STARTS WITH TWO CONFIRMED CASES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 30, 2007
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The Vermont Department of Health issued the following news release:
The Vermont Department of Health has confirmed the first two cases of influenza this season. The cases were diagnosed in Windsor County on January 26 and Orange County on January 29.
Vermont is the last state in the nation to report a laboratory-confirmed case of influenza. Flu season typically begins in December or January and may continue through April. Last year the first confirmed case was on January 12.
"Although the first confirmed case was from a provider office in Windsor County, it is likely there are - and have been - additional flu cases in other areas of Vermont," said Cort Lohff, MD, state epidemiologist for ...