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How this baby elephant could help fight a key disease


A disease that’s the leading cause of death among young Asian elephants has been extremely hard for scientists to combat.

But a baby elephant at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is giving scientists a chance to try a new approach.

Deema Zein went to meet the young little calf at the center of those efforts.

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