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Flu season is in full swing and it is a bad one. Patients are filling urgent care centers, doctor’s offices and emergency rooms. The flu spreads easily in crowded locations and that inclu...

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The Carroll County Health Department and area pharmacies are reporting that there are very limited quantities of the flu vaccine available in the area. A health department representa...

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The number of flu cases in Maryland have dropped over the last week, but health officials are still pushing residents to get the flu vaccine, according to a report in The Gazette. Th...

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Flu cases appear to be rising still in Maryland, according to Google Flu Trends, which "uses aggregated Google search data to estimate current flu activity around the world in near real-t...

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Carroll Hospital Center is seeing more flu cases this year than it did last year at this time, consistent with regional trends, according to a hospital representative. "We're seeing ...