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A new study has raised alarm among virologists, revealing that one of the body’s key defenses against infection - a fever - may not work against certain strains of bird flu. One of the body’s key ...

NEW YORK — The science of fighting disease has never been stronger. We have the means to detect outbreaks immediately, sequence pathogens in the space of days, and develop new vaccines in just months.

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