Health care professionals are really serious about getting the word out on flu shots. Between dealing with COVID-19 and the upcoming flu season, they highly recommend getting vaccinated against the flu to avoid double trouble.
The Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) wants to remind residents that now is the time to get your flu vaccine, before influenza begins spreading in the Rockford area.
It's being called an "isolated outbreak," but at least 158 of the 884 students at South Middle School in Arlington Heights were out sick Tuesday of last week.
Freezing temperatures, along with snow & ice, have joined forces with the flu epidemic to keep many regular blood donors away from the Rock River Valley Blood Center (RRVBC).
ABC 7 Chicago is reporting that a fourth grade student in Barrington died over winter break because of a heart condition that seemed to be worsened by having the flu.