California: Severe flu brings medicine shortages, packed ERs and a rising death toll

By Benjamin Oreskes and Shelby Grad
Jan 06, 2018

So many people have fallen sick with influenza in California that pharmacies have run out of flu medicines, emergency rooms are packed, and the death toll is outpacing that of previous years. Health officials said Friday that 27 people younger than 65 have died of the flu in California since October, compared with three at the same time last year. Los Angeles Times