The Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) wants to remind residents that now is the time to get your flu vaccine, before influenza begins spreading in the Rockford area.
It's being called an "isolated outbreak," but at least 158 of the 884 students at South Middle School in Arlington Heights were out sick Tuesday of last week.
ABC 7 Chicago is reporting that a fourth grade student in Barrington died over winter break because of a heart condition that seemed to be worsened by having the flu.
A nasty flu epidemic has been hitting Illinois hard since before Christmas, but it hit the Chicago suburb of St. Charles so hard that classes had to be canceled district wide this week.
It's officially here... I'm talking about 'Sick Season'. While I have the immune system of an ox, most of you are probably not that lucky. #FamousLastWords I'm sure.