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Global study concludes 'attack rate' of flu in kids is 55 percent lower with nasal spray vaccine

02-14-2007 · EurekAlert!

A new flu vaccine study led by a Saint Louis University researcher appears today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study involved thousands of children across the world.

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