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Syringe Benefits

Toss out those needles: Flu vaccines could be delivered via a painless, Band-Aid-like patch.
The vaccine patch offers an alternative to a needle jab or the risk of getting the flu.
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Whenever 42-year-old Andrew McDonald sees a needle, he gets physically sick. There are also panic attacks, cold sweats and colorful language. It’s an extreme reaction, one that is surprisingly common—as much as of the U.S. population is believed to be needle-phobic. But soon there could

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