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Concerns about flu result in visit restrictions at Blessing Hospital in Quincy and at Illini Community Hospital in Pittsfield.

Concerns about the flu mean visiting restrictions are in effect at Blessing Hospital.

Officials at Hannibal Regional are asking those who have flu-like symptoms to refrain from visiting friends or loved ones in the hospital.

Hannibal Regional Hospital officials ask those with flu like symptoms to avoid visiting hospitalized friends or loved ones.

The flu season of 2013-14 is the worst since the pandemic of 2009. That was the word from Carrie Fogel, R.N. of the Ralls County Health Department.

Influenza cases are rising sharply in Missouri, with nine deaths reported so far this season at one St. Louis hospital alone.

Health officials are expecting an increase in flu-related hospitalizations and deaths in Illinois with cases now reported widely.

The number of flu deaths in Illinois has risen to 58. State health officials say more than 530 people with the flu have been admitted to hospital intensive care units so far this season. They say all of the deaths but one were people 50 or older...

With the flu season upon us, those that have not already received their flu shots, and would like to get one, need to act fast.

Hannibal Regional Hospital officials are urging people with flu-like symptoms to avoid visiting loved ones.