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- A new single-shot vaccine is being developed.
- It aims to protect against three viruses.
- The viruses are influenza, COVID-19, and RSV.
- Researchers tested the vaccine in animals.
- They used mice, ferrets, and cotton rats.
- The shot uses five viral proteins in one dose.
- Scientists saw protective immune responses in tests.
- No combined vaccine for all three exists yet.
- It could make vaccination easier for many people.
- Researchers say more studies are needed.
Difficult words
- vaccine — a medicine that makes the body fight disease
- protect — to keep someone safe from harm or disease
- virus — a germ that can make people or animals sickviruses
- researcher — a person who studies and tests thingsResearchers
- animal — a living creature that is not a plantanimals
- dose — a measured amount of medicine or vaccine
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever had a vaccine?
- Would one shot for three viruses be easier for you?
- Which animal from the article do you know?
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