As millions of Americans gather this Sunday to watch the Super Bowl, they will be spreading more than good cheer, according to new research.

Writing in the American Journal of Health Economics, researchers at Tulane University found cities that have teams playing in the Super Bowl see a spike in flu deaths.

“It’s people that are staying at home and hosting small local gatherings, … your Super Bowl party, that are actually passing influenza among themselves,” said lead author Charles Stoecker of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

“Every year, we host these parties that we go to and it read more >>>

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