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Researching whooping cough by deliberately infecting volunteers
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:12:59
Publish Date: 2022-11-16 05:10:00
Description: Researchers in Halifax are deliberately infecting volunteers with pertussis bacteria, known for causing whooping cough, in the hopes of one day developing better treatments and vaccines. It’s a rare type of research that’s been a decade in the making, and the volunteers will be stuck in isolation for weeks. Lauren Pelley, the CBC’s senior health and medical reporter, shares more about the research and journey.
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