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  "title": "FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/fda-approves-modernas-mrna-flu-vaccine-221989",
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        "outlet": "Engadget",
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      {
        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "U.S. approves Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for flu—the first of its kind",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/u-s-approves-modernas-mrna-vaccine-for-flu-the-first-of-its-kind",
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