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Vaccines – Vaccine production relies on quaint system

Associated Press – A firsthand look at the quaint system of producing flu vaccine, which is based on seasonal egg-laying and has harsh implications for what would happen if new batches had to be made in a hurry to fight a super-strain pandemic.
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