While influenza and COVID-19 can both lead to serious illness, patients who are hospitalized for COVID-19 at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities were at higher risk for 17 serious complications, such as heart inflammation and liver failure, and a…

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Image may contain: text that says 'Compared with patients hospitalized with flu, hospitalized COVID-19 patients had a higher risk for 17 complications and death 5x higher risk of dying in the hospital Black or African American patients and Hispanic or Latino patients developed some severe complications more frequently than White patients *Veterans Health Administration hospitalized patients 3,948 with COVID- 19 and 5,453 with influenza); adjusted age,se underlying medical conditions Some nflammation, blood and failure Prevent COVID-19 and flu to save lives Wear masks, stay at least feet from others, wash hands often, and get flu vaccine CDC.GOV bit.ly/MMWR102020b MMWR'


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