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More people are dying from the flu in California than from COVID-19, according to the California Department of Public Health. The state is experiencing an unusually high number of influenza cases ...

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There’s a reason we’ve been doing it: It’s common sense.” The current version of the bird flu — known as H5N1 2.3.4.4b — is both highly contagious and highly lethal.

The previous wave of bird flu had a death rate of 50 percent. That’s nearly 50 times higher than COVID-19’s lethality. Fortunately, a number of global drugmakers are working on vaccines for bird flu.

More people are dying from the flu in California than from COVID-19, according to the California Department of Public Health. The state is experiencing an unusually high number of influenza cases ...

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As the bird flu causes outbreaks in flocks and outrage at the grocery store, we're answering one of the top-Googled questions about it.

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