Flu, pneumonia deaths now above epidemic threshold

(By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review)

The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza has jumped above the national epidemic threshold for the first time this season, according to the CDC’s latest FluView update.  Continue reading article here…

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