A new vaccine could vanquish a major cause of deadly diarrheal disease

Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope.

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Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope. Over 1 million people die from diarrheal illness such as dysentery every year. Nearly half of them are children under age 5. Chad has the highest rate of childhood deaths, roughly 1 in 140 children under 5 die each year. Now a vaccine candidate offers a new hope. The vaccine is called WRSs2 –- named after the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. It was tested jointly at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic in Atlanta.

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From the storyNearly half of them are children under age 5.

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From the storyChad has the highest rate of childhood deaths, roughly 1 in 140 children under 5 die each year.

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From the storyThe vaccine is called WRSs2 –- named after the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

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From the storyThe vaccine is called WRSs2 –- named after the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

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From the storyIt was tested jointly at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Emory Vaccine Center's Hope Clinic in Atlanta.

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