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A dead pig is put into a quarantined pit in Hanoi to stop the spread of African Swine Fever

A quarter of all pigs have died this year due to African swine fever

5 November 2019

The hunt is on for a vaccine for African swine fever, after a quarter of the world's domestic pigs have died this year, including half of all the pigs in China
The MMR vaccine protects against measles

Measles has a devastating and long-term effect on your immune system

31 October 2019

Measles makes children vulnerable to other infections and now we know why – it wipes a large part of the immune system's memory of other pathogens

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