6yearold in dallas, who was sent home from the hospital with a tylenol and never woke back up. Went in there to check on her. She was gone. Reporter on the first day that a patient shows symptoms, the first sign is a fever as high as 104. Even 106 degrees, with severe headaches and muscle pains. I was feeling dizzy still. And i couldnt breathe even worse. Reporter by day three, expect a sore throat, stuffy nose and a dry cough. Ive never been hit by a mack truck. But i feel this is it. Reporter by day seven, an inflected person is no longer contagious. But symptoms such as fatigue and coughing can last for weeks. Doctors say the only way to prevent further deaths from the flu is for people to get vaccinated. Tahman bradley, abc news. And theres another impact of the flu outbreak. It could also slow down the economic recovery. Lost work time, even canceled meetings, add up to billions of dollars in costs to employers. At the white house, the Vice President hosts a second day of meetings
Good thursday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Experts in every state are scrambling to deal with a flood of flu patients. One city has declared a state of emergency. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the very latest. Reporter doctors are calling it one of the fiercest outbreaks in a decade. This flu strain that started in october, instead of january, has spread to 41 states, hitting at least 2,200 people. Im declaring a Public Health emergency in the city of boston. Reporter boston mass general is seeing unprecedented levels of patients. Many of whom have to wait 24 hours to be admitted. In pennsylvania, one hospital had to set up a tent outside the emergency room to deal with flu patients. The situation is not much better in chicago, where overwhelmed hospitals diverted patients to lesscrowded e. R. S. And in minnesota, theyre dealing with 1,000 confirmed flu cases. Please, we implore you to stay home when you are sick. Reporter at least 18 children have died from the flu this seas
Good thursday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Experts in every state are scrambling to deal with a flood of flu patients. One city has declared a state of emergency. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the very latest. Reporter doctors are calling it onef the fiercest outbreaks in a decade. This flu strain that started in october, instead of january, has spread to 41 states, hitting at least 2,200 people. Im declaring a Public Health emergency in the city of boston. Reporter boston mass general is seeing unprecedented levels of patients. Many of whom have to wait 24 hours to be admitted. In pennsylvania, one hospital had to set up a tent outside the emergency room to deal with flu patients. The situation is not much better in chicago, where overwhelmed hospitals diverted patients to lesscrowded e. R. S. And in minnesota, theyre dealing with 1,000 confirmed flu cases. Please, we implore you to stay home when you are sick. Reporter at least 18 children have died from the flu this season
Good tuesday morning, everyone. Lets get right to that breaking news out of egypt. At least 19 Foreign Tourists killed in a tragic hot air balloon crash. It happened just hours ago, in the ancient city of luxor. Officials say there was an explosion and a fire, 1,000 feet in the air, just before that balloon plunged from the sky and slammed into a sugar cane field. Vacationers from europe, japan and hong kong are among the victims. No word if any americans were onboard. The balloon pilot and two passengers reportedly survived the crash. Well have much more on the story at abcnews. Com. Another major story were watching all night, is the blizzard roaring through the middle of the country into the midwest. The storm fanned several fires across texas last night, as a major rainmaker moves across the east coast. The white you see in the nations midsection is whats left of the big blizzard. Tahman bradley details its numbers. Reporter a ferocious blizzard buried the texas and oklahoma panhan
Good tuesday morning, everyone. Lets get right to that breaking news out of egypt. At least 19 Foreign Tourists killed in a tragic hot air balloon crash. It happened just hours ago, in the ancient city of luxor. Officials say there was an explosion and a fire, 1,000 feet in the air, just before that balloon plunged from the sky and slammed into a sugar cane field. Vacationers from europe, japan and hong kong are among the victims. No word if any americans were onboard. The balloon pilot and two passengers reportedly survived the crash. Well have much more on the story at abcnews. Com. Another major story were watching all night, is the blizzard roaring through the middle of the country into the midwest. The storm fanned several fires across texas last night, as a major rainmaker moves across the east coast. The white you see in the nations midsection is whats left of the big blizzard. Tahman bradley details its numbers. Reporter a ferocious blizzard buried the texas and oklahoma panhan