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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Week in Review: Gas Leak, Robbery Investigation and the 'Living Dead' at Hollywood Theater

Week in Review, Jan. 21 to Jan. 25.

Busy week? No downtime? Missed the news? Don't sweat it. Here's a list of this week's top stories from Dormont-Brookline Patch, so you can catch up on the goods. This week on Dormont-Brookline Patch: Residents Evacuated from Apt. Building After Gas Leak Police Investigating CVS Robbery 'Living Dead' to Help Save Hollywood Theater Brookliners Featured in 'Equal Magazine' KOSD Students, Staff Avoid Intense Flu Season Where to Get Taxes Done in Dormont and Brookline? Got your own news to share? Add your organization's events to our Event Calendar. Share your wedding, baby or graduation news in our Announcements section and, while you're at it, upload your photos to our Neighborhood Gallery. We'd love to hear from you! Follow Dormont-Brookline…

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Residents Evacuated from Apt. Building After Gas Leak, Police Investigating CVS Robbery, 'Living Dead' to Help Save Hollywood Theater, and 3 more ›

Monday, December 10, 2012

Get Your Tissues—Flu Season Starting Earlier This Year

The flu season appears to be starting earlier than usual this year. Find out what a St. Clair Hospital doctor says you can do to protect yourself from the flu.

The flu season appears to be starting earlier than usual this year, according to a doctor at St. Clair Hospital’s emergency room. Dr. Emily Brown said she’s seen an “uptick” in the patients coming to the hospital with flu-like symptoms over the past couple of weeks. She estimated there have been 70 cases so far, compared to none by this time last year. “We’ve definitely seen an uptick in the number of patients being diagnosed with the flu,” she said. “The flu season was just later in the year last year. We’ll see if it’ll be worse, or if it’s just earlier.” There is no shortage in the flu vaccine, so she suggested that everyone get a flu shot this year. The best time to get it was in the fall before flu season began, she said, although it’…

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St. Clair Hospital (in Chartiers Valley Patch), Where to Get Flu Shots in Dormont and Brookline?, and Dormont Municipal Center

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