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2011/05/27

Yahoo! News: Health News: Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not (AP)

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Is a repeat flu shot needed? This fall, maybe not (AP)
27 May 2011, 9:10 am

FILE - In this Aug.  27, 2010, file photo, CVS employee Mambo Muntanga, left, receives a flu shot from nurse practitioner Susan Brown in Rockville, Md.  This year's flu shot will be a duplicate of last year's because the same flu strains are still circulating. So some experts say young, healthy people may have enough protection from last season's vaccine to skip getting a shot this fall. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)AP - Vaccine makers said this month they plan to make a record amount of flu vaccine for this fall and winter — enough for more than half the population. It's just not clear all those people will need it.


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