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Brazil Partners With US Scientists to Find Zika Vaccine

Brazil has announced an agreement with a U.S. university to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus within 12 months. At a news conference Thursday, Health Minister Marcelo Castro said the Brazilian government will invest $1.9 million towards the partnership between the University of Texas and Brazil's Evandro Chagas Institute over the next five years. Castro said the Health Ministry also has reached vaccine partnerships with the U.S. Centers...

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