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FDA is poised to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine

The FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first flu vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology as COVID-19 shots. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long questioned mRNA vaccines.

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