More choices for avoiding the flu this winter.(Health)

Publication: Consumer Reports

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This season, it will be easier than ever to protect yourself from the flu, which kills 20,000 to 40.000 Americans every year.

Vaccine supplies are abundant, in contrast to the shortages of previous years, so "anyone who wants a vaccination should get it as soon as it becomes available, usually around the first of October," says Curtis Allen, spokesman for the immunization program...

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