- While concerns about the coronavirus are growing, experts warn people not to forget a deadlier virus: the flu.
"...Despite repeated statements from the CDC declaring the general risk to the American public to be low, fear in the U.S. has spread across social media.
...Their concerns are better focused elsewhere, he says.
More than 8,000 people in the U.S. have died from the flu this season, which peaks between December and February, according to CDC estimates.
During the 2018-2019 season, the CDC estimates 16.5 million people went to a health care provider for the flu and more than 34,000 people died in the U.S.
The prior season saw 61,000 deaths...Read all.
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