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  "title": "Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion",
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  "published": "2026-09-02T17:00:01.000Z",
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  "summary": "Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines—and highlight the science behind them—saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice.",
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        "title": "Top US doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion",
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        "title": "Top U.S. doctors offer updated flu and COVID vaccine recommendations, aiming to ease confusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/top-u-s-doctors-offer-updated-flu-and-covid-vaccine-recommendations",
        "published": "2026-09-02T18:21:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "MedPage Today",
        "title": "Doctors Groups Offer Updated Flu, COVID Vaccine Recs to Ease Confusion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/doctors-groups-offer-updated-flu-covid-vaccine-recs-to-ease-confusion",
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