A fourth-grade student at St. Francis Catholic School died of influenza Tuesday, the first reported pediatric flu death in Montana this season, according to a RiverStone Health announcement on Wednesday. The girl had reportedly fallen ill on Sunday and died three days later...
The Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services reports 723 new flu cases confirmed the last week of January. The total number of cases in the state is nearly 3,300, and 21 Montanans have died of influenza.
The number of flu cases in northwest Montana have been extremely high this month, but Missoula County Infectious Disease Specialist Pam Whitney says she is hopeful we’ve already seen the worst.