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The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is considering using the vaccine that currently exists to prevent pneumonia to help prevent severe flu cases as students head back to school.
Doctors say using the vaccine called Pneumovax makes sense, because most of the serious consequences linked to the H1N1 flu virus result from pneumonia.
Experts say Pneumovax could cut deaths from the flu by a third.
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