KSOO-AM 1140 - Live, Local and Breaking News from Sioux Falls, South Dakota » Influenza http://ksoo.com The Talk of Sioux Falls Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Flu Season Swamps South Dakota http://ksoo.com/flu-season-swamps-south-dakota/ http://ksoo.com/flu-season-swamps-south-dakota/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:43:23 +0000 Dan Peters http://ksoo.com/?p=76304 The flu season is not over and over 900 cases have been reported this year which almost double the number of last year.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/flu-season-swamps-south-dakota/feed/ 0 (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images) A Flu-Fighting Sorbet http://ksoo.com/a-flu-fighting-sorbet/ http://ksoo.com/a-flu-fighting-sorbet/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:20:02 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=56225 Now this may be just what you need, if you've been fighting influenza: a sorbet for people who have the flu.

I'd never heard of such a thing, but something that came by e-mail quotes a story in the New York Post, and it sounds like somebody's old family flu remedy, although it's definitely not from my family

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]]> http://ksoo.com/a-flu-fighting-sorbet/feed/ 0 a New York City company is marketing what it says is a sorbet for people who have the flu. There's Still Time To Get a Flu Shot http://ksoo.com/theres-still-time-to-get-a-flu-shot/ http://ksoo.com/theres-still-time-to-get-a-flu-shot/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:41:48 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=51958 Are you fleeing the flu?

It's a big problem in just about all the states, including South Dakota.

State health officials said this week nine people in South Dakota have died from the flu this season, all of them over the age of 75

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]]> http://ksoo.com/theres-still-time-to-get-a-flu-shot/feed/ 0 South Dakota officials say there;'s still time to get vaccinated against influenza. To date nine people, all over the age of 75, have died in the state this season. Doctors Warn Sioux Falls Residents to Get Flu Shots http://ksoo.com/doctors-warn-sioux-falls-residents-to-get-flu-shots/ http://ksoo.com/doctors-warn-sioux-falls-residents-to-get-flu-shots/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:36:21 +0000 Tony Wright http://ksoo.com/?p=51555 According to reports across the country, the flu is hitting the United States hard this season, resulting in the deaths of numerous children.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/doctors-warn-sioux-falls-residents-to-get-flu-shots/feed/ 0 Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Flu Season is Early, but It's Here http://ksoo.com/flu-season-is-early-but-its-here/ http://ksoo.com/flu-season-is-early-but-its-here/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:15:34 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=38574 A while back we talked about the importance of getting a flu shot, and although the people who keep track say it's early, the influenza season is here.

The flu has shown up already in five states, none of them around South Dakota, but this news means you need to be vaccinated if you haven't been already

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]]> http://ksoo.com/flu-season-is-early-but-its-here/feed/ 0 Federal officials say influenza has arrived in five Southern states, earlier than usual. Predictions are that the disease could be heavy this year.