So far this year, roughly 11,500 people statewide needed to be hospitalized because of the illness. Sadly, the state has also confirmed two pediatric deaths.
According to the CDC and the New York State Department of health more people are coming down with this sickness than this time last year. How can you avoid it?
Tis' the season for colds and the need to constantly blow our noses, but have we been blowing our noses wrong our whole lives? One doctor says we have been.
You have a runny nose, you're coughing and you're running a bit of a fever. This time last year you wouldn't have thought anything of it. But now you're freaking out!