New Vaccine for Deadly Infection
A child dies from pneumococcal disease every single minute, but a cure could be at hand
A child dies from pneumococcal disease – a major cause of pneumonia, meningitis and the bloodstream infection, sepsis – every single minute. This programme looks at the new vaccine that is being trialled in developing countries this week.
Also on the show, five common myths about HIV and AIDS; the German woman who lived with a pencil in her head for 55 years; the Sudanese tribes likely to get disease from sand flies; link between tuberculosis and the bovine kind found in cows; and how to treat burns in an emergency.
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