Science

For Some Kids, Measles Becomes a Time Bomb With No Cure

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The inevitably fatal condition develops in one in 600 infant cases, and appears without warning between four and eight years later, like a bomb that has been tick, tick, ticking.

Michael Daly
Michael Daly 

Special Correspondent

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Michael Daly

Michael Daly

Special Correspondent

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