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USDA Approves First-Ever Vaccine to Protect Honeybees from Fatal American Foulbrood Disease

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the first-ever vaccine for honeybees to prevent American foulbrood disease, a fatal bacterial disease that can destroy honeybee colonies, officials say. Dalan Animal Health, the biotech company behind the drug, announced Wednesday that the USDA has approved a conditional license for the vaccine. The vaccine, which contains a dead cell of…