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Diabetes & Flu: What You Need to Know and Do

People with diabetes are at high risk for serious flu complications. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated each year.

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People with diabetes are three times more likely to die from flu complications than people without diabetes.

Death rates from pneumonia and influenza among African-Americans with diabetes are double the death rates among whites with diabetes.

 
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