 What makes for excellence in heart care? It starts with one of the most amazing teams of heart surgeons and cardiologists that I've seen assembled under one roof and the region's leading technology in a new $40 million facility. This is the nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Institute of Eastern Kentucky at Pikeville Medical Center. Governor Andy Beshear is urging Kentuckians to get their flu vaccine as flu cases continue to rise. Eight kids have died this flu season, making it the deadliest flu season for Kentucky children. In addition to pediatric deaths, 106 adults have also died from the flu this season. In Kentucky, we're currently looking at the most MMWR influenza report that I've received. Kentucky's showing 37,825 flu cases. In Eastern Kentucky, Pike County specifically, we have 1,384 cases. In the past week, we are seeing some waning or decreasing new reported cases with only 55 last week. 55 is quite a few, but that's significantly lower than what we were seeing in the previous weeks. However, there is some more cases anticipated, some potential new spike with influenza. Flu vaccines have been used since 1945, and vaccination is particularly important for people who are at high risk of developing serious complications from influenza. The influenza vaccine is so widely available, it's really difficult to go very far in your neighborhood and not see a pharmacy or a private, you know, primary care provider or a health department or a hospital that's not advertising that they have flu vaccines available. And here is the takeaway message for today with influenza. It is not too late to vaccinate. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.