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As flu cases increase, state health officials urge Pennsylvanians to get vaccinated

BY: - January 20, 2022

Speaking to reporters in Montgomery County on Thursday, local leaders and officials from the state Health Department urged Pennsylvanians to get the flu vaccine to combat the growing number of cases this flu season. 

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Pa. notches one of its ‘mildest’ flu seasons on record, Health Dept. says

BY: - May 28, 2021

With state residents already masked-up and driven indoors by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pennsylvania notched one of its “mildest” flu seasons on record in 2020-21, a senior state Health Department official said Friday. But that doesn’t mean it’s time to throw caution — or masks — to the wind. The state charted 3,664 laboratory-confirmed flu cases and 21 flu-associated […]