Study Shows Hospital Outcomes for Flu and COVID-19 Have Become More Similar

Published on January 24, 2024

A new CDC study has found that more recent COVID-19 hospitalizations among adults experienced fewer severe outcomes than during earlier parts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the proportion of severe hospital outcomes from COVID-19 became more similar to adults hospitalized with flu.

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