Hospitals nationwide have been facing a similar issue of overcrowding, with patients experiencing influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and other respiratory infections surging in recent weeks.
Grant County Health District alerted the surrounding community that influenza activity has arrived in Grant County, particularly near the Mattawa area, after multiple reports of patients with positive influenza B rapid test. Recently reports of Influenza B cases in school age children have increased, according to GCHD...