The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu.
ATLANTA - The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu.
A federal health official announced the findings Wednesday, at a medical meeting in Atlanta. The information comes from a household survey of more than 10,000 adults done in the first 11 days of October.
Overall, the survey found that 7 percent of the surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness in the past week.
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Nancy Jeanne Smythe has been charged with ill treatment of animals. Officials say a garbage man found a white shih tzu in her trash can Thursday morning.
A local company is celebrating 40 years in business.
Law enforcement agencies in Greenville, Spartanburg, and Anderson report at least half a dozen cases where people say they have tried to file their taxes, and they found out that someone else has used their personal information to file a fraudulent return.
The city of Union says it will take six weeks to repair a broken sewer line that spilled about 125,000 gallons of sewage into Tosches Creek.
An urn containing ashes was found at an Upstate carwash near Boiling Springs.
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