{"id":53026,"date":"2017-11-17T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T12:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53026"},"modified":"2017-11-17T12:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T12:23:48","slug":"first-flu-related-death-season-reported-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/first-flu-related-death-season-reported-county.html","title":{"rendered":"First Flu-Related Death Of Season Reported In County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">First Flu-Related Death Of Season Reported In County<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Santa Clara County public health officials today reported the first flu-related death of the season occurred earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The person who died was an adult under 65, had other medical conditions that caused a higher risk of severe complications from the flu, and had not received this year&#8217;s flu vaccine, according to the county&#8217;s Public Health Department. The person&#8217;s name is not being released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">No other cases of severe flu have been reported to the department so far this season. Only deaths of people younger than 65 that are confirmed by a laboratory to involve the flu are required to be reported in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Symptoms of the flue, a contagious illness caused by influenza viruses, are similar to those of the common cold but are often more severe, public health officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The department advises everyone six months and older to get vaccinated every year, especially pregnant women, children younger than 5, adults older than 65 and those with chronic medical conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/bayarea\/article\/First-Flu-Related-Death-Of-Season-Reported-In-12363321.php<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/first-flu-related-death-season-reported-county.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Flu-Related Death Of Season Reported In County Santa Clara County public health officials today reported the first flu-related death of the season occurred earlier this month. 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