The vaccine is safe, effective and the only protection against a potentially fatal disease.

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Anthrax is an infectious, potentially fatal disease caused by a spore-forming bacterium known as Bacillus anthracis.

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In a statement, the Kent NHS trust said some hospital staff members were being vaccinated against the potentially fatal disease.

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Public Health Wales (PHW) continues to warn that the outbreak may spread with those not vaccinated "highly likely" to contract the potentially fatal disease.

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Despite this, PHW said large numbers of people aged 10-18 years still have not had a jab which could prevent them from contracting measles, a highly contagious and potentially fatal disease.

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This medicine is an impressive collection of firsts: not only is it the first drug approved to treat lupus, a potentially fatal disease in which the immune system attacks healthy tissues, it is also one of the first drugs to come out of genomics, the systematic evaluation of human genetics that was epitomized by the human genome project a decade ago.

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Lupus is a serious, potentially fatal, autoimmune disease that attacks healthy tissues.

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Rats can spread salmonella and carry the potentially fatal Weil's disease.

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The disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia caused by the legionella bacteria.

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Advice on controlling the potentially fatal bug has been given by consultants and the US-based Center for Disease Control (CDC).

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