Flu season can be unpredictable in both timing an severity, and Pittsburgh-area hospitals are already gearing up to combat the virus among employees, patients and the community.
"Once you've seen one flu season, you've seen one flu season," said Dr. John Williams, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. "You just can't predict how it will go. There are so many variables that play into the severity of flu season, including when flu arrives...…
Flu season can be unpredictable in both timing an severity, and Pittsburgh-area hospitals are already gearing up to combat the virus among employees, patients and the community.
"Once you've seen one flu season, you've seen one flu season," said Dr. John Williams, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. "You just can't predict how it will go. There are so many variables that play into the severity of flu season, including when flu arrives...…