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Flu on Call

CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response
CDC Targets United Way Of Westchester, Putnam For Pandemic Flu Response Amid one of the worst flu seasons in recorded history, a local organization has been chosen as an emergency call center by the Centers for Disease Control. The United Way of Westchester and Putnam has been chosen as one of 27 call centers nationwide that will participate in “Flu on Call” a national network of triage phone lines that will be staffed by trained medical professionals with information on how to help battle the pandemic. In the past week, there were nearly 8,000 confirmed influenza cases and more than 1,500 New Yorkers were hospitalized statewide with the flu, the highest weekly…