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CVS will start giving seasonal flu shots Tuesday

Published: August 31, 2009 8:40 AM
By The Associated Press  MARLEY SEAMAN (AP Health Writer)

Quick ReadCVS will make flu shots available at clinics and drug stores on Sept. 1, several weeks early

NEW YORK (AP) — CVS Caremark says it is making flu shots available starting Tuesday, which is three or four weeks earlier than usual.

The company said appointments for the flu vaccine will be available at all 500 of its walk-in MinuteClinics, and at scheduled events in many of its 6,900 drugstores. The vaccine is intended to prevent the seasonal flu and is separate from vaccines for swine...

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