One of the first studies of the effectiveness of flu vaccine in young children suggests that vaccination should be considered for youngsters before they reach their first birthday. Older adults are considered to have the greatest chance of dying from

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Rift Valley fever mainly affects farm animals. But the virus can also infect humans, and South Africa has been experiencing an outbreak. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported two

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Efforts to eradicate polio have been frustrated by a variety of factors, and unlike smallpox, the disease has defied long-running and expensive efforts to wipe it out. Now, a new study indicates that one of several polio vaccines can be effective at

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New Yellow Fever Vaccine Shows Promise A new vaccine for yellow fever is showing good results in tests as it overcomes one of the biggest problems with the current version. Yellow fever is a deadly disease that occurs in much of South America and sub

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SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Polio: How an Ancient Disease Met a Modern Prevention By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English.

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UNITED NATIONS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- A new polio vaccine will be rolled out next week to replace the one which protects against all three strains of wild poliovirus. It marked the beginning of the largest and fastest globally coordinated rollout of a

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