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Which flu vaccine should kids get? CDC, AAP disagree

This year, for the first time in recent memory, parents and doctors have a choice to make. Two vaccine advisory groups — the CDC and the AAP — issued conflicting recommendations on which influenza vaccine to give to children.

Three-year-old Clayton Mathiason, of Omaha, Neb., receives a flu vaccine via nasal spray from nurse Amanda Stern at Physician's Clinic in Omaha, Neb., Oct. 6, 2009.
Three-year-old Clayton Mathiason, of Omaha, Neb., receives a flu vaccine via nasal spray from nurse Amanda Stern at Physician's Clinic in Omaha, Neb., Oct. 6, 2009.Read moreAP Photo/Nati Harnik