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As Flu Vaccine Arrives for the Season, Some Questions and Answers

Oct. 9, 2009
The first doses of vaccine for the swine flu began arriving this week. But fear and confusion about the vaccine are spreading almost as quickly as the virus itself.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic