You are not invincible. Even if you're crazy enough to believe you can't get influenza, understand that you can spread the flu to other people. Even those you love. Even people who are at high risk for complications, like your newborn niece or your grandmother.

Health officials are confirming the first flu case of the season. Both the state and Maricopa County say an unvaccinated woman in her early 30's is now recovering at home.

Maybe you’ve got a gunky, clogged up feeling in your throat. Runny nose. Fever. Or perhaps you’ve spent a couple nights in a steamy bathroom with a baby who barks like a seal.

There’s no way to avoid the fact that the flu is coming, but there’s still time to avoid the flu. It’s shaping up to be a typical season in Arizona, with the illness gradually taking hold the past few weeks and expected to swing into full bloom by early February and last into March.

Temperatures still hover around 100 degrees and you haven’t even put the pool toys away, but health care workers already are gearing up for the flu and urging seniors and others at risk to protect themselves now.

Temperatures still hover around 100 degrees and you haven’t even put the pool toys away, but health care workers already are gearing up for the flu and urging seniors and others at risk to protect themselves now.

Geane Flournoy hopes positive thoughts fight flu this season.

October 21, 2004

The first case of flu has already appeared in Scottsdale and local hospitals are looking at new ways to see sick people quicker than ever during what could be a busy season.

The first case of flu has already appeared in Scottsdale and local hospitals are looking at new ways to see sick people quicker than ever during what could be a busy season.

The Arizona Department of Health Services marked the start of a new flu season Wednesday with shots available at the Capitol to state employees.

Five pediatric deaths connected with influenza were reported during the 2010-11 season, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.

The largest U.S. supplier of seasonal flu vaccines said it is running behind on shipping those vaccines - partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine.

Pinal County will begin giving seasonal flu shots to adults on Sept. 28.

The upcoming flu season will be like none seen before and could bring as much of an emotional toll as a physical one, local and state health officials said Tuesday.

Although it is right in the middle of the influenza season for Arizona residents, there is still a benefit to having that preventative flu shot if you have not yet had one.

The Arizona Department of Health Services has confirmed the state's first case of influenza of the season in a Maricopa County infant who is now recovering at home.

Flu season ignored the lingering warm weather and arrived right on time this fall, a sign there's no reason to be complacent or overconfident in dealing with this disease.

Mosquitoes are still biting and temperatures are still flirting with 100 degrees, but public health experts already have turned their attention to the flu.