H1N1 flu vaccine now twice as nice

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Researchers in the United States and Australia have some good news for the fight against the potential pandemic of H1N1, or “swine flu.” Turns out that the vaccine will protect adults with only one dose (and one shot, yay!). This means that the vaccines already in production will go twice as far as previously expected, allowing more people to be inoculated against the flu. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives us the details.

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