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    Video caption: Brazil: Can you vaccinate a whole town against Covid?

    Scientists are vaccinating the entire adult population of a town in Brazil against Covid-19, to see if it helps bring life back to normal.

  2. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

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    Video caption: The story of a woman who played a largely unsung role in countless medical breakthroughs

    In 1951 cells taken from an African American woman suffering from cancer, without her consent, were found to be unique because they carried on reproducing in the laboratory.

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    Video caption: Covid-19: 'I'm struggling and can't go on like this forever'

    A man who spent nine days on a ventilator with Covid speaks candidly about its impact on his life.

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    Video caption: Vaccine video: Stars get behind myth-busting campaign

    A celebrity-filled video encouraging people from ethnic minority communities to get the Covid vaccine is to be shown across the UK's main commercial TV channels.