Influenza virus reaching widespread proportions in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — It's that time of the year again.
Kids are sniffling, co-workers are coughing and people are suffering. Sleep is harder to get, and drugstore shelves where pain medication and decongestants can be found are emptying.
Influenza is on the rise, and just as in recent years, the illness has fast become widespread in the state, according to the Utah Department of Health.
"If you haven't gotten your influenza vaccine, you should get it," said Gregg Reed, a health department epid