Benefits lessons to learn from a brutal flu season

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Data on past and current flu season cases, cost of average hospital stay and antiviral prescription increase
Visualization created with AI assistance based on original reporting.

  • Key insight: Discover how rising antiviral use signals deeper systemic strain employers must address.
  • What’s at stake: Escalating flu burden could increase plan costs, workforce absenteeism and clinical capacity risk.
  • Supporting data: CDC: 78 million cases, >1M hospitalizations, 67,000 deaths over current and last flu seasons.
    Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review

Severe flu cases continue to rock American households, the health system and the workplace, with patients being hospitalized and seeking antiviral medication at record levels. 

Lee Hafner
Editor

Lee joined the EBN team in 2022, and covers areas including caregiving, employee health and wellness, healthcare innovation, and company culture. She created EBN's popular Benefits in Action and … Read full bio


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