Groups considered at high risk for the flu should consider getting a pneumonia vaccine as well.

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Groups considered at high risk for the flu should consider getting a pneumonia vaccine as well. "The same group of people we need to target for influenza vaccination--the very young, the very old, and those with chronic lung and heart disease or compromised immune systems--should also receive pneumococcal bacteria vaccines," asserts Paul Pepe...