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Annual campaign to vaccinate the population against influenza in Russia.
A flu vaccine with an updated strain composition is being supplied to Russian regions, Murashko said.
EKATERINBURG, September 16 - RIA Novosti. The flu vaccine is being supplied to the regions of Russia; this year its strain composition has been completely updated, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of IMF-2026.
“This year there is a new strain composition of the vaccine (for influenza - ed.), so you definitely need to get vaccinated. The vaccine is being supplied (to the regions of the Russian Federation - ed.),” Murashko said.

Rosselkhoznadzor detected the Aujeszky's disease virus in the 20th series of the Multikan-8 vaccine, which led to the death of dogs. The Prosecutor General's Office began an inspection of the manufacturer Vetbiohim LLC in connection with the incident.

Residents of the Moscow region with difficulties in conceiving can undergo the IVF procedure free of charge under the compulsory medical insurance program. Since the beginning of the year, more than 3.5 thousand procedures have been performed in the region, and by the end of the year it is planned to carry out about 5.5 thousand more operations within the framework of the “Family” national project.

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Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Netesov announced the need for flu vaccination this year due to a unique change in all three components of the vaccine. According to the virologist, the evolving flu is now more dangerous than the coronavirus.

The Moscow Checkup program attracted more than 300 thousand Moscow residents who had not been examined for two years. In total, more than 1.5 million people joined it.