Infectious-disease experts are predicting an early and more severe flu season this year in Stanislaus County and other areas of the state.
Kaiser Permanente said Friday it opened flu clinics in late September because of earlier-than-normal flu activity.
“We have seen a few cases in the Bay Area already,” said Dr. Piero Garzaro, chief of infectious diseases for Oakland-based Kaiser.
Two children, one in Riverside County and the other in Santa Clara County, died from influenza last month. Health officials said both children were otherwise healthy; the particular strain of influenza has not been identified in the two deaths.
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