The chief doctor of the Mono and Inyo counties health department this week urged Eastern Sierra residents protect themselves from what appears to be a bad wave of influenza sweeping the United States.
Dr. Richard Johnson said there have been no documented cases in the area, but the flu activity "is showing signs of increasing across the country."
"Significant increases in flu activity in the United States have occurred in the last two weeks, indicating that an early flu season is upon us," he said in a news release.
