Influenza-like Illness Now Widespread in Texas

The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has issued the following Provider Alerts or Bulletins:

Influenza-like Illness Now Widespread in Texas.


Reports of confirmed influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) have increased in Texas during the past two weeks, and are now considered to be "widespread" by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). See DSHS news updates at: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/updates.shtm

The current flu activity report can be accessed at: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/disease/influenza/surveillance/2011/.

Information on the control of influenza in various settings may be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website at: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/infectioncontrol/.

The CDC continues to recommend that every person over the age of six months get a flu vaccination. Other recommendations to prevent the spread of the infection are frequent hand washing and coughing and sneezing into your shoulder, elbow or into a tissue.