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Universal Flu Vaccine Is Still Several Years Away, Fauci Says

 
• By Michael Cipriano

Developing a universal flu vaccine will be iterative process, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci says.

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A universal flu vaccine is the best solution to boost the substandard efficacy of the current vaccines for the disease, but it will take several years just for the candidates under clinical development to demonstrate they can induce immunity against a single strain, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci says.

Speaking at the National Press Club last month on the heels of a northern hemisphere flu season with high levels of the illness, Fauci explained that developing a universal vaccine that ultimately targets a broad range of flu strains will be an

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