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The ‘super flu’ is here; local officials say vaccines are the best defense.
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The ‘super flu’ is here; local officials say vaccines are the best defense.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 22, 2026

“The most important thing we can do to protect ourselves from influenza, or the super flu, is to vaccinate…” 

Respiratory illnesses are hitting hard, pressuring health care systems.
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Respiratory illnesses are hitting hard, pressuring health care systems.

  • Pam Marino
  • Dec 8, 2022

A vestige of the early days of Covid-19, the respiratory triage tent, is making a reappearance at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula…

Pressure on pediatric hospital beds prompts a call to families to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses.
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Pressure on pediatric hospital beds prompts a call to families to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 17, 2022

If a child here in Monterey County get so sick with a respiratory illness that they need advanced care, they need to leave the county—there ar…

It’s flu season and there’s reason to be both concerned and prepared.
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It’s flu season and there’s reason to be both concerned and prepared.

  • Pam Marino
  • Sep 27, 2021

Last year was the flu season that wasn’t. After initial worries last fall that flu and Covid-19 would converge and overwhelm hospitals, the U.…

Third known flu death in Monterey County sparks reminder it's not too late to get vaccinated.
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Third known flu death in Monterey County sparks reminder it's not too late to get vaccinated.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 9, 2020

The flu coming on strong this year, already claiming the lives of at least three Monterey County residents and more than 50 people statewide. …

Free flu vaccines available now as hospitals gear up for another season.
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Free flu vaccines available now as hospitals gear up for another season.

  • Pam Marino
  • Nov 5, 2018

Last year’s flu season was fierce. Nationwide 185 children died between September 2017 and August 2018, according to the U.S. Centers for Dise…

The first death occurs in Monterey County's 2017-18 flu season.
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The first death occurs in Monterey County's 2017-18 flu season.

  • Marielle Argueza
  • Dec 28, 2017

With the holiday season comes the flu. Locally, according to a Dec. 28 press release sent by the Monterey County Health Department, influenza …

First Monterey County influenza death of season reported.
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First Monterey County influenza death of season reported.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 3, 2017

A Monterey County resident has died from an influenza virus infection, the Monterey County Health Department announced Tuesday. The person was…

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