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...newest vaccine, called FluLaval, and distributed by GlaxoSmith Kline, is similar to the four other shots currently available (Fluzone, from Sanofi Pasteur and Connaught Laboratories; Fluvirin, from Novartis and Evans; FluMist , from MedImmune; and Fluarix, also from GlaxoSmith Kline). Like them, it is made by incubating strains of the influenza virus in chicken eggs. What it does contribute, however, are more doses of vaccine - a fact that federal health officials are especially keen on stressing, imm, since an unexpected shutdown of a major vaccine manufacturer in 2004 left the U.S. with a shortage of shots. "We are thrilled with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fresh Dose of Flu Vaccine | 10/5/2006 | See Source »

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