On Monday, Cameroon, a country in Central Africa, launched its plan to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine. The campaign is a milestone in the decadeslong effort to stop the disease ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended widespread use of the first malaria vaccine for African children, aimed to cut disease burden and save tens of thousands of lives. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WHO on Wednesday recommended the widespread use of a malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and ...

Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Across Africa, it kills nearly half a million children younger than 5 each year. A new vaccine, only the second of its kind, holds the promise of ...

The rollout of malaria vaccines in Africa – the world's first routine immunization program against this mosquito-borne disease – has raised excitement for a surprising reason. The vaccine reduces all ...

The World Health Organization has recommended the protein-based recombinant malaria vaccine RTS,S for use with kids who live in places with moderate and high transmission risk. The organization ...

A malaria vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for widespread use. The malaria vaccine, known as the RTS, S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine, is being ...

The single-dose medication, for treatment of a particular form of malaria, is a new weapon in the war against the deadly illness. By Apoorva Mandavilli Australian regulators have approved a simple ...

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