What the flu does to your body, and why it makes you feel so awful
- Written by Laura Haynes, Professor of Immunology, University of Connecticut
A flu patient at ProMedica Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on Jan. 8, 2018. AP Photo/Tony Dejak
Every year, from 5 to 20 percent of the people in the United States will become infected with influenza virus. An average of 200,000 of these people will require hospitalization and up to 50,000 will die. Older folks over the age of 65 are especially...
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