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Kids’ Flu Shot Largely Ineffective Over Past Few Years; University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Study Finds It Didn’t Keep Them From Hospitals, Doctors’ Offices

October 7, 2008 | 
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MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Over the past two flu seasons, vaccinating children five and younger did not reduce the number of child hospitalizations or doctor’s visits linked to influenza, according to results of a new study.

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