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Could old vaccines for other germs protect against COVID-19?

by AP Medical Writer
| April 13, 2020 2:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide a little stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives.

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