(HealthDay News) -- The United States is unprepared for a global flu pandemic, according to a draft of a federal report, which predicts a worst-case scenario that could lead to the deaths of 1.9 million Americans and the hospitalization of 8.5 million more people with costs exceeding $450 billion.

U.S. Ill Prepared for Massive Flu Outbreak: Report
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter
SATURDAY, Oct. 8