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Flu Vaccine Protects Millions Annually: CDC

U.S. News & World Report | Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:03:07 -0700

The United States is the only country with universal influenza vaccine recommendations that suggest everyone aged 6 months and older should receive an annual flu vaccination, the researchers said. They added that previous studies have not provided ways ...

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New, stripped-down flu vaccine might work better, study finds

Today.com | Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:07:25 -0700

Fauci said in theory, a vaccine made from this new technology could last longer than the current seasonal flu vaccine. “To me, this is an important step toward the development of a universal flu vaccine,” Fauci said. “The definition of a universal flu ...

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'Universal' flu vaccine effective in animals

Nature.com | Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:43 -0700

They could even protect against varieties of flu that have not yet emerged. “This is taking us on the road to a universal vaccine,” says Gary Nabel, now at the biotechnology firm Sanofi in Cambridge, Massachussetts, who led the work in his former lab ...

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NIH Scientists Advance Universal Flu Vaccine

Newsroom America | Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:09:09 -0700

A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...

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