{"id":474168,"date":"2025-12-27T03:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/474168\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T03:38:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:38:23","slug":"flu-a-spreading-in-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/474168\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu A spreading in Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Baylor Scott &amp; White Waco\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Z3NDALJPL5CEPCDHNDE2YGSSQQ.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Baylor Scott &amp; White Waco(Baylor Scott &amp; White Waco)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WACO, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; The holidays bring loved ones together \u2014 but those gatherings can also bring unwanted illnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Doctors in Central Texas are reporting a recent up tick in influenza cases, and are urging caution as we head into the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cOver the last week, just nationwide we\u2019ve had a 14% increase in hospitalizations from flu, just flu by itself,\u201d Dr. Van Wehmeyer, Family Physician at Baylor Scott &amp; White.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Health officials are tracking a new strain this season \u2014 flu A (H1N1) across Central Texas \u2014 which is producing symptoms similar to other strains but with some notable additions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cJust the typical symptoms of the fever which can be high 103\u00b0 or 104\u00b0 in some people, most people it\u2019s a low grade fever; sore throat, runny nose, but then also there\u2019s this whole throwing up and diarrhea that comes with flu A as well that we\u2019re seeing in a certain amount of people,&#8221; Dr. Wehmeyer said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Flu vaccines remain the best defense &#8211; however the shot isn\u2019t a perfect match for the new strain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIf you\u2019re 65 and older that vaccine can decrease serious illness. The serious illness is unfortunately death or hospitalization by greater than 60 to 70% if you\u2019re 65 and older. If you\u2019re two years old and under 17 can decrease serious illness by 50%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Washing your hands and wearing a mask can also help reduce the spread of illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baylor Scott &amp; White Waco(Baylor Scott &amp; White Waco) WACO, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; The holidays bring loved ones&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":474169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[104,2132,210,7220,7218,7217,7219,7221,67,132,68,7216],"class_list":{"0":"post-474168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breaking-news-video","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-live-speeches","12":"tag-live-updates","13":"tag-live-video","14":"tag-press-conference","15":"tag-real-time-coverage","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-video-updates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115789451138960599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}