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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentine authorities are investigating a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial.
Argentina's food and drug agency has told The Associated Press that it is checking to see if the deaths are linked to the Synflorix vaccine, which is aimed at fighting pneumonia, ear infections and several other pneumococcal diseases.
The vaccine is manufactured by the British-based GlaxoSmithKline.
Sarah Alspach, a spokeswoman for the company in the U.S., says the company is not blaming the deaths on the vaccine.
She says data from other studies show it is about as safe as another widely used vaccine against pneumococcal disease.
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