When should you go to the hospital for the flu? A Pittsburgh-area doctor weighed in.

Flu cases keep increasing, but at least one Pittsburgh-area emergency room doctor says not everyone needs to visit him.

As the highly contagious respiratory virus spreads, Dr. Brent Rau wants people to assess their symptoms at home first.

Dr. Rau serves as the head of Allegheny General Hospital’s Emergency Department and tells KDKA-TV that he saw multiple positive flu tests in a 30-minute stretch on Tuesday…

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