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Emergency Vaccines Reduce Disease Outbreak Deaths by Almost 60%


Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60 percent, according to a new study.

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