People with diabetes are at high risk for serious flu complications. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting vaccinated each year.
- Prevent Flu: Get a Flu Shot
- Fight Flu: See Your Health Care Provider for a Prescription
- Have the Flu: Follow the Sick Day Rules
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Fast Facts
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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