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Flu shots to be offered at two Marquette games

By Susanne Rust of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Dec. 16, 2008 10:30 a.m.

In an attempt to stay one step ahead of the flu, the Visiting Nurses Association of Wisconsin will be offering flu shots to those who are 9 years old and older at two Marquette University basketball games in December: the men's game Sunday, Dec. 28, at the Bradley Center, and the women's game Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Al McGuire Center on the Marquette campus.

"Although the games are guaranteed to be fun, the flu is serious business," Lisa Taylor, clinical coordinator for Aurora VNA, said in a news release. "Nationally, it kills more than 36,000 people yearly - including 78 children last year - and causes 200,000 hospitalizations.

"In Wisconsin, 5% to 25% of the population, depending on location, gets the flu each year."

By the end of November, there had been 15 reported cases of the flu in Wisconsin this season.