More Influenza Deaths than COVID-19 in the US for the First Time Since Pandemic Began
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For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 25, according to weekly figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).