Flu and COVID shot season is here; why these drugs are being developed faster than before

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- With kids back in school and the winter months rapidly approaching, now is the time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Pharmacies across the country began handing out the latest rounds of vaccines last month, ahead of the peak of flu season.FILE - A flu vaccine is readied at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center in Lynwood, Calif., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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