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"the only commonality among all cases nationally is that patients use e-cigarettes or vapor products. CDC has identified vitamin E acetate as a chemical of concern among people with vaping associated lung injury, but does not know enough yet to rule out other possible causes."

Flu shots are available at grocery and drug stores all around the valley and the state.

Have you noticed all the wood smoke in the area? If you haven't maybe it doens't bother you but for many in the Yakima Valley it makes for a very unhealthy time of year.

At the peak of the season last month Sixberry says Yakima saw a high of 214 cases of the flu. 122 cases of the flu were reported last week in Yakima.

It's starting in the Yakima valley and across the state. The flu season, and Maryanne Patnode with the Yakima County Health District says while the numbers are high in the Eastern U.S. that's not the case here in the West. But she expects the numbers to grow in the next couple of months...

Thousands of additional doses of the whooping cough vaccine will be delivered to counties struggling with the epidemic. The Department of Health reports more than 2,000 new cases since April. Washington only saw a fraction of that all of last year...