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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Houston Area Flu Cases Spike!
THE CHRON: If you've been putting off your annual flu shot, don't delay any longer: Texas is already being hit hard this flu season.
Houston-area hospitals have seen a spike in the number of emergency room visits for flu-like symptoms, said Porfirio Villarreal, spokesman for the Houston Department of Health and Human Services. During the week of Nov. 18, about 1,580 visits to emergency rooms were attributed to flu-like illnesses, compared with just 249 visits during the same week last year, Villarreal said.
Influenza is a serious disease that can lead to hospitalization or even death, the CDC says.
Every flu season is different, and even healthy people can get very sick from the disease and spread it to others. From 1976 to 2007, estimates of U.S. deaths each year due to flu ranged from 3,000 to 49,000.
"Flu is predictably unpredictable," said Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison, pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Texas Children's Hospital and pediatrics professor at Baylor College of Medicine. "There's no cause for alarm but cause for action. People should get themselves vaccinated so it doesn't get any worse."
National Influenza Vaccination Week, a campaign established in 2005 to counter the notion that December is too late to get a vaccination, ends Saturday. Once a vaccine is administered, it takes about two weeks to develop immunity.
Although the influenza season usually peaks in February, 48 states and Puerto Rico have reported cases, with rates rising quickly nationwide, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week.
Along with Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are also reporting high levels of activity.
In Houston, Texas Children's Hospital has seen an early start to the season with 123 confirmed cases of Type A influenza and 32 cases of Type B, compared with just two Type A cases in the same span last year, Demmler-Harrison said.
Everyone who is at least 6 months old should get a flu vaccination, but the CDC says it's especially important for these groups:
» People at high risk of developing serious complications like pneumonia if they get the flu, including those with medical conditions such as asthma, diabetes and chronic lung disease.
» Pregnant women.
» People 65 years and older.
» People who live with or care for others who are at high risk of developing serious complications.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Kingwood school warns parents of suspicious photographer
KINGWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- A Kingwood elementary school is warning parents of a man reportedly snapping photos of a student near campus.
It happened last Tuesday on Wilderness Point near Woodlands Hills Elementary School. The student told his parents that a man was taking pictures of him as he rode his bike home from school. The man is described as a young white male with glasses.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Kingwood student accused of hacking
KHOU AUSTIN, Texas -- A 19-year-old University of Texas student has been charged with a felony after he was accused of hacking into the UT computer system and shutting it down temporarily during student registration.
Garret Ross Phillips turned himself in to campus police Monday, was charged with breaching computer security and released after posting a $20,000 bond. Conviction would result in a punishment of up to two years in state jail.
A police affidavit says Phillips downloaded software used by hackers to crash websites and used it to crash the UT registrar’s office’s computer system in April. The affidavit says UT campus information technology experts traced the commands to Phillips’ computer address.
Phillips is from Kingwood.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Kingwood police on high alert after gun incident at Kingwood middle school
KINGWOOD, Texas—School officials and parents were on high alert after a man with a gun allegedly fired toward students walking near a middle school in Kingwood last Tuesday.
Three students were walking away from Creekwood Middle School around 4:40 p.m. when a man fired two shots in their direction, according to Houston police.
Police believe it was an air soft gun that shoots plastic pellets.
The students were about 50 feet away and managed to run away. No one was injured.
Police have a digital picture that was reportedly taken by someone on the Greenbelt of the alleged gunman. At this point, they are not releasing it to the public.
The man is said to be in his early 30s, about 6 feet tall and was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt.
Nicole Vincent got the email from her daughter’s school.
"I tell my kids stay off the Greenbelt trails and just come straight to the car when it’s time for pickup," said Vincent. "We’re not playing in the front yard."
Anyone with information is urged to contact HPD at or Humble ISD police at .
Humble ISD police officers will be on and near the campus at arrival and dismissal time.
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