flu season

Public health officials in Berkshire County say a vicious flu season across the commonwealth is hitting Western Massachusetts particularly hard.

At the end of December, New York saw one of its worst single weeks for flu hospitalizations in years, while states like Connecticut have seen a similar surge. In Massachusetts, the latest numbers show the Commonwealth could surpass last flu season's record hospitalization rate. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief James Paleologopoulos spoke with experts who say the situation is likely to get worse before it gets better — and that there’s still time to get a flu shot.

(Airs 01/02/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York state sees a record-breaking number of flu cases, we’ll speak with WNYC’s Jimmy Vielkind about some of the top political stories of the year, and the New York Farm Bureau says there should be no more bio-solids used as fertilizer unless they’re clear of P-FAS forever chemicals.

An interview with Berkshire Health Systems spokesperson Michael Leary.

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