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Doctor discusses influenza after Utah’s first flu-related deaths of the season

Posted at 5:39 PM, Jan 02, 2014
and last updated 2014-01-02 19:39:51-05

SALT LAKE CITY -- Two Salt Lake County residents have died due to the flu, and according to officials with the health department the victims were between the ages of 35 and 64.

On Thursday, Doctor Russell Vinik of the University of Utah Hospital came to the FOX 13 News Studio to discuss the flu and the ways people can stay healthy.

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