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Most prominent in the upcoming flu season. what researchers hope to do is identify multiple weaknesses across multiple flu viruss and create a flu shot that can target those weaknesses over a long period of time. >> wed love for it to be life time. it will probably be more like a five to ten year period of time. then you might get a booster again. hopefully, well continue to expand that period of time which you can be protected. >> the nih is investigating in this research over a seven year peri...

Try as we might we cant avoid the fact that winter is around the corner and before the snow begins to fall, flu season. >> theres a new weapon out. >> reporter: a new weapon in the fight to avoid the flu. think of the flu vaccine as a medical crystal ball. doctors look at the flu strains around the world trying to predict which will hit here at home. it usually covers three strains of flu, but this time for the first time, it will cover four. hopefully upping the odds you will be healthy. the re...

♪ try as we might we cant avoid the fact that winter is around the corner and before the snow begins to fall, flu season. >> theres a new weapon out. >> reporter: a new weapon in the fight to avoid the flu. think of the flu vaccine as a medical crystal ball. doctors look at the flu strains around the world trying to predict which will hit here at home. it usually covers three strains of flu, but this time for the first time, it will cover four. hopefully upping the odds you will be healthy. ...