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First Asian elephant vaccinated in fight against deadly herpes virus
An Asian elephant at Houston zoo in the US has received the first mRNA vaccine against herpes, which is the leading killer of Asian elephants calves in captivity. Tess, a 40-year-old Asian elephant, was injected with the trial vaccine at the Texas zoo in …