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The first flu shot that works with a less-scary skin prick instead of an inch-long needle is hitting the market this fall.

Annual flu shots may protect against heart attacks, and the earlier in the season a shot is given the greater the protection, claims a new British ...

Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection against swine flu — but younger kids will need two.

Vaccines should be ready within months for H1N1 flu, which could mutate and become more severe in winter, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said ...

Schoolchildren may be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and might even be able to get the shot right at school.