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Increasing signs of the potential seriousness of this year’s flu season makes getting your flu shot this year more important than ever.

Arizonans who get pneumonia should ask to be tested for Valley fever, says Dr. John Galgiani, director of the Valley Fever Center for Excellence. Half of all U.S. Valley fever infections occur in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

To increase the chances of receiving proper care, people with symptoms of pneumonia should ask to be tested for Valley fever.

Now is the time to get your flu shot and to make sure your family has protection against the flu, according to Banner Health experts.

As new variants of COVID-19 become more dominant and flu season approaches, health officials are encouraging Arizonans 65 and up to roll up their sleeves. Only about a third of this group got a COVID booster, and they are also at higher risk of developing serious flu complications.Masking and staying home kept flu numbers lower last year, but Doctor Devin Minior — chief

 Increasing signs of the potential seriousness of this year’s flu season makes getting your flu shots this year more important than ever.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT IV treatments of lab-created monoclonal antibodies are meant for the early stages of infection, to help patients in danger of getting severely sick recover from COVID-19. For Ken Wells in Arizona, it made all the difference. "Its kind of designed to keep you out of the hospital is what I understand it to be. So, if thats the purpose of it all, it helped me," he said. "An antibody thats infused into the body thats been designed in a laboratory to directly attack the COVID virus. ...

Arizona hospitals now offering antibody treatment Many treatments are available for COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Now there is an option for those with mild to moderate symptoms, a way to prevent it from progressing. and last updated 2021-01-29 00:34:04-05 Many treatments are available for COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Now there is an option for those with mild to moderate symptoms, a way to prevent it from progressing. Ken and Eileen Wells are both recovering from COVID-19. They say ...