Pandemic Influenza | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC

Pandemic Influenza | Pandemic Influenza (Flu) | CDC

Pandemic Influenza

• An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a new influenza A virus. Because a flu pandemic is unpredictable, it can occur at any time.
• Over the last 100 years, only 4 flu pandemics have occurred, but they resulted in close to 1 million deaths in the United States.
• Public health professionals can use CDC’s updated Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza–United States, 2017 to prepare now for a flu pandemic.