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CN-Old Drugs Tested to Fight New Disease: MERS

A deadly new illness has appeared in the Middle East, and doctors have no medicines to stop it. So far, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome does not spread easily from person to person. But it has killed up to a third of those infected, and experts are watching it closely in case it becomes more infectious. In the scramble to find a cure, scientists are turning up some unexpected leads. VOA’s Steve Baragona

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