According to Dr. Stanley Hassinger, an emergency medicine physician at Prisma Health Richland, most patients test positive for influenza A. "We are seeing a lot of influenza in the emergency ...

Doctors are stressing the importance of flu shots, ... According to Dr. Stanley Hassinger, an emergency medicine physician at Prisma Health Richland, most patients test positive for influenza A.

The rate at which flu tests are coming back positive nationally is 31.6% and has been increasing. The RSV test positive rate is 6.6% and decreasing.