US Winter Flu Deaths Outpace Covid for First Time in Five Years

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More people are dying of flu in California than Covid

Flu across the U.S. is at moderate to very high levels this year

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Flu is killing more people than COVID in California, health officials say. What’s going on?

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US winter flu deaths outpace Covid for first time in five years

(Bloomberg) — Influenza is overtaking Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter — the first time in five years the seasonal illness has surpassed the pandemic pathogen.

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US winter flu deaths outpace Covid-19 for first time in five years

The CDC estimates the flu has made at least 29 million people sick and resulted in 16,000 deaths since October 2024.

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US Winter Flu Deaths Outpace Covid for First Time in Five Years

Influenza is overtaking Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter — the first time in five years the seasonal illness has surpassed the pandemic pathogen.

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Why flu is killing more people in US even more than Covid-19

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, influenza has overtaken Covid-19 as the deadlier virus in the US this winter, according to a report of The Straits Times. While Covid-19 has killed nearly 42 times more people than the flu since early 2020, preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that 2025 is emerging as a pivotal year for influenza. The CDC estimates that since October 2024, inf…