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Nurse Sonia Negron, left, gives a flu vaccination to Marie Ruggiero, right, at a CVS pharmacy in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 5 to 20% of the U.S. population gets the flu each year, and that 36.000 people will die of the virus. CVS pharmacy will offer flu vaccinations in over 4,000 of its stores across the country through the end of November. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - Flu season is almost here, and a new study finds that skipping that annual flu shot could have serious consequences for older people.




Posted on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:40:48 GMT at http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hea.../flu_shots
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