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Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials - US News and World Report
health.usnews.com - 12/9/2008
Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials - US News and World Report
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HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) Results from two phase II trials in Africa show that a new malaria vaccine is effective at preventing both infection and the mosquito-borne disease itself in infants and children."Malaria is killing almost 1 million people, mostly African ...
New malaria vaccine more than 50 percent effective
blog.foreignpolicy.com - 12/9/2008
New malaria vaccine more than 50 percent effective
— blog.foreignpolicy.com — Results of the latest malaria vaccine trials will be published today in The New England Journal of... Medicine , and from the looks of it, the news is good--fantastic, in fact. "We are closer than every before to having a malaria vaccine for use ... (more) New malaria vaccine more than 50 percent effective

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- Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Vaccine in Infants
content.nejm.org - 12/9/2008
- Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Vaccine in Infants
— content.nejm.org — ABSTRACT Background The RTS,S/AS malaria vaccine is being developed for delivery through the World Health Organization's Expanded... Program on Immunization (EPI). We assessed the feasibility of integrating RTS,S/AS02D into a standard EPI schedule for ... (more) - Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria ...

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The Impact of Malaria, a Leading Cause of Death Worldwide | CDC Malaria
cdc.gov - 12/9/2008
The Impact of Malaria, a Leading Cause of Death Worldwide | CDC Malaria
— cdc.gov — Pregnant woman having a fingerprick performed by a health worker for diagnosis of malaria in a semi-open... clinic (more) The Impact of Malaria, a Leading Cause of Death ...

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Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... three doses of the vaccine and were followed over a six-month period," said lead researcher Dr. Salim Abdulla, head of the Bagamoyo Research and Training Centre of the Ifakara Health Institute, in Tanzania. "A safe and efficacious malaria vaccine for children in Africa may be available in the near future and have the potential of alleviating a huge burden of malaria disease," he added. The findings were published online Dec. 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2008... One of medicine's Holy Grail's. The NEJM ...

GOOD NEWS: Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials. If this pans out, it will be a huge boon to…
Instapundit — ... GOOD NEWS: Malaria Vaccine Effective in Latest Trials. If this pans out, it will be a huge boon to humanity. Thank GlaxoSmithKline, and the Gates Foundation, if so. ...

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