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3 ways the US should prepare for the next flu pandemic

  • Written by Lance Gable, Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University

The flu is wreaking havoc globally this year. Influenza infections are on the rise, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicting that this year’s strain will cause the highest rate of hospitalizations and deaths in a decade.

This year also marks the 100th anniversary of the 1918 influenza pandemic. This pandemic was the...

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