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Pneumonia-Causing Diseases Kill 1.2M Children Under 5 Annually, Studies Say
"Each year 1.2 million children under age 5 die from Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae B or Hib," which cause pneumococcal disease and are preventable with vaccines, according to studies published Thursday in the journal Lancet, Reuters reports.
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