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Should You Get a Shot for H1N1 (Swine Flu)?
For months the question has been whether we could gear up production of vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus -- formerly swine flu -- fast enough. Now that the first doses have reached some distribution centers this week, we have the answer to that question.
This answer leads to the next question that we all have to face. Should we get the vaccine?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, says that people "at increased risk of severe illness" most need the H1N1 vaccine. One of these g...
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