The flu is back. Following record lows of influenza last year thanks to COVID-19 precautions, the flu is again circulating in Oklahoma and the U.S. Only time will tell how severe the season will be. Still, experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation advise starting your defense with a good offense.

• Imported onions identified as a food source of fast-growing outbreak in 37 states OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) last week reported that 98 people in Oklahoma have confirmed Salmonella Oranienburg infections, the second highest number of infections of the 37 states currently impacted by a fastgrowing outbreak. Salmonella infection is a common bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract.

Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03) has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021 (H.R. 5609). The bipartisan bill would direct the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) to establish a contract library for cattle producers.

A grant writing seminar will be held in Hugo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More than 50 federal employees from across the U.S. government have banded together to sue the Biden administration over coronavirus vaccine mandates, according to court documents.