CDC: Flu-Related Deaths on the Rise

By Joanne Silberner

Published January 8, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that flu deaths are on the rise in the United States. Fatalities related to influenza increased from about 20,000 per year in the 1970s to about 36,000 per year in the 1990s. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Joanne Silberner

Joanne Silberner is a health policy correspondent for National Public Radio. She covers medicine, health reform, and changes in the health care marketplace.

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