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WASHINGTON -- Getting more physicians and other health care professionals vaccinated against the flu is a key element in efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent transmission of the disease to vulnerable patients.
"Health care workers may not be at risk for a severe complication, but they can pass the flu virus on to somebody else under their care and cause a serious health risk to that individual," Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC, said at a press conference sponsored by the...
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