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Every year, tens of millions of people in the U.S. get the flu vaccine. That’s because the virus changes year-to-year and protection only lasts around six months. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre wants to change that. He’s one scientist working on a universal flu vaccine that could provide decades of protection against flu illnesses \u2013 but only if his team can find the resources that disappeared when U.S. funding dipped.<\/p>\n

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Every year, tens of millions of people in the U.S. get the flu vaccine. That\u2019s because the virus changes year-to-year and protection only lasts around six months. Adolfo Garcia-Sastre<\/a> wants to change that. He\u2019s one scientist working on a universal flu vaccine that could provide decades of protection against all<\/em> flu illnesses \u2013 but only if his team can find the resources that disappeared when U.S. funding dipped.<\/p>\n

If you liked this episode, listen to our episode on a <\/strong>vaccine trial that could end HIV<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interested in more medical innovations? Email us your question at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <\/em>plus.npr.org\/shortwave<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nHow a single flu shot could protect you for decades - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=2146\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How a single flu shot could protect you for decades - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Every year, tens of millions of people in the U.S. get the flu vaccine. 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