Cases of flu and whooping cough are on the rise in Arizona.
Influenza kills more than 800 people per year in Arizona, and whooping cough can be life-threatening for children. ValleyWise emergency doctor Frank LoVecchio said the surge in flu cases has come early this year.
“[It] caught a lot of people by surprise,” LoVecchio said. “We had a lot of people probably getting together in September and then that led to a big jump in October.”…