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October 15, 2005
Millions of America's health-conscious parents are lining up their children for this year's flu shot.
But many are unaware that some doses contain mercury, a potent poison. Even more do not know that a mercury-free flu shot exists. That lack of understanding has driven down demand and reduced the availability of mercury-free vaccine this year. (Fort Wayne News Sentinel)
October 15, 2005
Chiron Corp., which was forced to scrap its entire inventory of flu vaccine last year and triggered a U.S. public health crisis, got approval to re-enter the flu shot market Wednesday as drug regulators said they had released three lots of Chiron's product Fluvirin. (San Francisco Chronicle)
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