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Vials labeled 'smallpox' discovered at Merck lab in Montgomery County prompt FBI investigation

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Merck to help produce rival Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

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Ervebo, the first Ebola virus vaccine, gains FDA approval

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