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<title>Our World in Data - Influenza</title>
<subtitle>Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems</subtitle>
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<updated>2026-04-15T15:14:00.000Z</updated>
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    <title>Track confirmed human cases of H5N1 “bird flu” since 1997</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/track-confirmed-human-cases-of-h5n1-bird-flu-since-1997</id>
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    <published>2026-04-15T15:14:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Lucas Rodés-Guirao</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Explore updated data from the WHO Global Influenza Programme.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/track-confirmed-human-cases-of-h5n1-bird-flu-since-1997"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/default-featured-image.png"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Seasonal flu kills about 700,000 people each year across the world</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/seasonal-flu-kills-about-700000-people-each-year-across-the-world</id>
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    <published>2025-11-25T04:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Esteban Ortiz-Ospina</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/seasonal-flu-kills-about-700000-people-each-year-across-the-world"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/e48b62c6-5b2e-4aa7-a902-b61dd2274800/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>A flu strain has likely gone extinct since 2020</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/a-flu-strain-has-likely-gone-extinct-since-2020</id>
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    <published>2025-04-03T03:00:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/a-flu-strain-has-likely-gone-extinct-since-2020"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/513be1e5-96bc-46d3-861f-c584ab6b7200/w=608"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>Influenza</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/influenza</id>
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    <published>2023-05-18T08:46:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author><author><name>Hannah Ritchie</name></author><author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Flu epidemics kill hundreds of thousands of people globally each year, but countries can respond and save lives with better data.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/influenza"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/36ba43e0-ad31-4cab-aace-26931d72cc00/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>How many people die from the flu?</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/influenza-deaths</id>
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    <published>2022-10-20T10:45:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Saloni Dattani</name></author><author><name>Fiona Spooner</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The risk of death from influenza has declined over time, but globally, hundreds of thousands of people still die from the disease each year.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/influenza-deaths"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/432aa1ea-4a6d-4e4c-4459-fe660628f600/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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    <title>The Spanish flu: the global impact of the largest influenza pandemic in history</title>
    <id>https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history</id>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history"/>
    <published>2020-03-04T10:23:00.000Z</published>
    <author><name>Max Roser</name></author>
    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Spanish flu pandemic had a devastating impact on the global population.<br/><br/><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/spanish-flu-largest-influenza-pandemic-in-history"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/741c68ee-ce38-4ae5-3074-e6617a4d5300/w=512"/></a>]]></summary>
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