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New vaccine could slow child-killer disease
Published Thu, Mar 23, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New York
A NEW vaccine against a diarrhoeal disease that kills about 600 children a day worked well in a large trial in Africa and appears to be a practical way to protect millions of children, scientists said on Wednesday.
The new vaccine against rotavirus, the most common cause of death from diarrhoea in children under age five, is made by an Indian company and was tested in Niger by Doctors Without Borders.
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