Even though the headlines and newscasts aren’t abuzz with dire warnings about an especially nasty virus, influenza remains a threat. "We have seen a number of cases in our Emergency Room," said Kelley Newsom, R.N. and infection-control coordinator at Central Kansas Medical Center. "Some have had to be hospitalized.
CKMC treating cases of influenza in the ER
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