b'& FITNESSFight the flu!HEALTHPrisma Health Provides Tips on Staying Healthy this Flu SeasonBy Kimberly SouthAstemperaturescooldown,thenumberHealth vice president of accountable communities. offlu-likeillnessesareheatingupacrossWe are hearing from experts that after two years thestate.SouthCarolinaDepartmentofof reduced influenza cases, it may rebound strongly Health and Environmental Control reportedthisyear.Wewanttohelpeveryoneprotect inlateNovember2022thatthestatewasthemselvesandtheirfamily.Gettingyourannual experiencingwidespreadfluactivity,withflu vaccination does not always prevent getting the increased numbers of lab-confirmed flu tests,flu, but it can reduce the severity of illness and save flu-likeillnessesandhospitalizationsfromlives. the flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also indicated that the flu isDuringOctober2022,PrismaHealthprovided especiallyhighinthesoutheastpartofthe1,870 flu shots in the Midlands and Upstate, with country, with the highest hospitalization ratesmore than 700 of those being children vaccinations. in children and older adults.Prisma Health launched the free flu shot initiative inOctober2017.Sincethen,PrismaHealthhas Itsmoreimportantthanevertogetyourdispensed12,515freefluvaccinesinMidlands flu vaccination, said Angela Jenkins, Prismacommunities. Prisma Health provided more than 200 flu shots at Irmo High School on Saturday, Oct. 29. Since the beginning of the community flu shot campaign in 2017, Prisma Health has provided more than 12,500 flu vaccines to families,children and adults. 18IMARA'