From The Newsroom: Flu Cases Spike, Examining The Midlife Crisis

KERA | By Courtney Collins

Published December 9, 2014 at 6:42 PM CST

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: Flu season in Texas has started early. In Dallas and Tarrant Counties, flu activity is surging according to the Texas Department of State Health Services’ weekly report.

Statistics show that happiness in life resembles a U-shaped curve. At the bottom of that curve is when a midlife crisis can hit And expert explains why our happiness climbs again in our 50s and beyond.

You can listen to the top local news stories weekdays at 6:20 p.m. and 8:20 a.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Courtney Collins

Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.

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