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Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic as cases spike. 42 dead and more than 900 hospitalized since July

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Puerto Rico health officials on Thursday declared an influenza epidemic in the U.S. territory. At least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalizations on the island of 3.2 million people, Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said. Epidemiologist Melissa Marzán noted that officials have seen...