flu symptoms

Today in New Orleans Tom Benson, owner of the Saints and Pelicans checked into a New Orleans hospital with 'flu-like' symptoms.

The medical community says that the 2013 flu season is off to a troubling start. All but 9 states are reporting larger than average cases of influenza this year and Louisiana is high on the list of outbreaks as you can see from the CDC map of Influenza cases. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has some basic tips for avoiding the flu as well as a list of symptoms.