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Black-footed ferrets are getting their own Covid-19 vaccine – Quartz
As researchers accelerated the first trials of Covid-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists worked to inoculate a far more fragile species.
In late summer, as researchers accelerated the first clinical trials of Covid-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a far more fragile species.
About 120 black-footed ferrets, among the most endangered mammals in North America, were injected with an experimental Covid-19 vaccine aimed at protecting the small, weasel-like creatures rescued from the brink of extinction four decades ago.
The effort came months before US Department of Agriculture officials began…
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