Neat News 2726 (added 2023-06-18)

New vaccine against polio

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Thanks to vaccinations, cases of polio were reduced by some 99 percent, with the illness now mainly occurring only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. More cases are now vaccine-derived than wild cases. A new safer form of the vaccine has now been produced and in first tests looks very promising.

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News seen at: BBC - Health