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Published 11/07/2009 by National Post

Less potent H1N1 vaccine to be used

Unadjuvanted vaccine, a less potent form of the H1N1 flu vaccine that, until now, was given exclusively to pregnant women, will now be distributed to the broader population in Ontario, it was announced yesterday.

Ontario's next shipment of H1N1 flu vaccine will include 462,000 doses of the unadjuvanted...

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