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Primary Election Results, US Missile Stockpiles Running Low, New Flu Vaccine
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Votes in Michigan’s highly anticipated Democratic Senate primary are still being counted. But what do the results in Tuesday's other races tell us about November's election? The U.S military is running short of ammunition. NPR has learned that the Army is running out of long-range attack missiles. And the Food and Drug Administration is deciding whether to approve the first flu vaccine using mRNA technology.
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(01:49) Primary Election Results
(05:40) US Missile Stockpiles Running Low
(09:19) New Flu Vaccine
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Our director is Christopher Thomas.
We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and Patrick Murray. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.
And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
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(05:40) US Missile Stockpiles Running Low
(09:19) New Flu Vaccine
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