Infectious disease experts forecast harsh flu season
CMA Wendy Kerley (in a file photo) administers a flu vaccine at the Cordova Shot Nurse clinic on Germantown Road. Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s ER is seeing large numbers of pediatric flu patients, said Dr. Nick Hysmith, medical director of Infection Prevention at Le Bonheur and associate professor at UTHSC. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Flu season typically peaks from December to February but Memphis-area emergency rooms are already treating an unusually large number of influenza patients.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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