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Scientists are getting to developing a vaccine that will give life-long against influenza. This is good news for of people around the world who go to the doctor for their flu jab. Two research teams tested new drugs on and both had promising . Trials will soon begin on humans to test the vaccine. A flu expert told the BBC that: "This is a forward compared to anything done . They have good animal data, not just in mice but in ferrets and monkeys too." He added that: "It's a very good stepping ."

Influenza kills up to half a million people every . Finding a vaccine is because the virus is always changing. Doctors have to guess which of the virus are likely to cause the most , and then create a new of the vaccine to fight it. The rate of most flu vaccines is very low because there is so much guesswork. Vaccines in the U.S. reduced the of catching flu by just 23 per cent last year. The website Inverse.com said the could help create vaccines for, "other viruses that mutate , like HIV or the cold".

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