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WHO approves clinical trials on two new Ebola vaccines
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organization on Wednesday approved clinical trials for two new Ebola vaccines, as doctors fight to control an outbreak in Africa that has killed more than 5,300 people
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