Typically, less than 4 percent of students are absent at the high school but it got close to 10 percent earlier this month.
The absentee rate at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School rose to 9.4 percent earlier this month - more than double the usual rate. The increase was largely attributed to the elevated cases of influenza this year, said the Hamilton Board of Health. So far, 12 cases of flu have been formally reported in Hamilton, according to the Board of Health. The age of those with the flu have ranged from 4 months old to 82, with five cases in children under age 8 and one over age 65. Townwide, cases have been up, according to health officials. The last two flu season were very light. In early January, the absentee rate at the high school was 8.7 percent for the first week back from the holiday vacation and then rose to 9.4 percent for the week of Jan. …
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Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School
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Local doctor's offices still have flu vaccine available for what is the worst flu season in at least four years.
Cases of influenza in Hamilton have gone from one case at this time last year to 9 cases this year, according to the town's public health nurse, Kim Paskalis. And at Beverly Hospital, there's been more patients with flu so far this year than at this point of any of the past four flu seasons. The trend in Hamilton mirrors the trend across the state and nationwide. In Boston, for example, Mayor Thomas Menino declared a health emergency on Wednesday due to Boston's flu outbreak. A total of 18 people have died from the flu statewide this year, including a child under 6 in Boston on Friday. There have been more than 700 reported cases in Boston - a city of 625,000 people- so far this flu season, according to the Boston Public Health Commission…
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Michelle Bailey
10:54 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Thank you, Board of Health for providing easy access to free flu shots in Hamilton Wenham early in the season! more ›