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Flu Hospitalizations Decline For Third Straight Week

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published February 7, 2015 at 1:54 AM EST

The Ohio Department of Health says the number of flu-related hospitalizations continues to fall after what's been an unusually bad influenza season. 213 people were hospitalized in the week from January 25 through the 3, down by 400 from a week earlier. It's the third consecutive weekly period the agency has reported a decline.
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