New Malaria Vaccine Is Shown to Work in Infants Under 1 Year Old, a Study Finds
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The worldâs most promising malaria vaccine has been shown to work in infants less than a year old, the most vulnerable group.
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For the first time in medical history, scientists have developed a malaria vaccine that has shown promise in a large scale trial conducted in Mozambique.
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afrol News, 15 October - After field tests on about 1,600 children in Mozambique, scientists and pharmaceutical companies today loudly presented a possible future malaria vaccine to the world press.
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A transport system used by the malaria parasite to infect blood cells could be a target for new treatments, scientists hope.
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For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death. The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It
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LONDON -- A new meningitis vaccine offers hope to end devastating epidemics that have plagued West Africa the last century, according to recent studies. The new vaccine protects against meningitis A, the deadliest form of the disease and seen primarily in Africa.
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A new, low-cost drug is launched to combat malaria, aimed at children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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The first effective malaria vaccine promises to save millions of lives. Scientists were jubilant last Thursday when results of the trial involving children between one and four years in southern Mozambique
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A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously agreed yesterday that MedImmune's nasal flu vaccine FluMist worked in children under age 5, but it had a decidedly mixed opinion on whether the product was safe enough for children younger than 2.
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After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria.
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Scientists have achieved a greater understanding of the internal workings of the deadly malaria parasite with an eye toward developing better drugs to fight the disease, a study published on Wednesday stated.
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.
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A pioneering vaccine can protect a  significant proportion of African children against malaria,  scientists said on Thursday, boosting hopes that the  mosquito-borne disease may one day be conquered.
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A vaccine targeting a deadly strain of meningitis proved to be safe and highly effective in protecting African children, researchers said on Friday, raising hope that it may help prevent epidemics that afflict many African countries.
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A once-scarce vaccine that protects against a range of infections including meningitis is back in supply and small children should get four doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
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Los Angeles Times - After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria. Trials in Africa showed that the vaccine blocked almost half of new infections in young children and reduced serious disease by nearly 60%.