A new vaccine will help, but will not defeat malaria
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21587772-new-vaccine-will-help-will-not-defeat-malaria-long-war
ON OCTOBER 8th researchers announced progress in developing a vaccine against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical firm, said it would seek regulatory approval next year for this vaccine, called RTS,S. GSK and its charitable partner ...
Malaria trips up many more locals
http://www.theage.com.au/national/malaria-trips-up-many-more-locals-20131012-2vfco.html
The reason why it took days to confirm malaria as the cause of Elsternwick teenager Gajabeep Singh's vomiting and severe weight loss, was that he had not travelled outside Melbourne for 10 months. ''When I asked how he got malaria, the doctor said it's ...
Malaria vaccine protects children for a year or more
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/glaxosmithkline-aims-market-first-malaria-vaccine-next-year-8C11353826
"Many millions of malaria cases fill the wards of our hospitals. Progress is being made with bed nets and other measures, but we need more tools to battle this terrible disease," said Halidou Tinto, a lead investigator on the RTS,S trial from Burkina Faso.
Asia-Pacific Leaders Ally to Fight Malaria
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/10/11/asia-pacific-leaders-back-alliance-to-fight-malaria/
MANILA _ Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Brunei for the East Asia Summit on Friday endorsed the creation of an alliance to combat malaria, a remittent fever spread by mosquitoes that infects about 36 million people and claims around 49,000 lives in ...
20 years of Army research yields hope for malaria vaccine
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/115090/20-years-army-research-yields-hope-malaria-vaccine
WASHINGTON - Reports of the successful trials that could lead to the world's first malaria vaccine led the headlines of international news outlets this week. Hidden within the story line is the critical role of researchers at the Walter Reed Army ...
A cure for malaria? New vaccine could save millions of lives
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/131008/cure-malaria-new-vaccine-could-save-millions
So far, a malaria jab has proved elusive. But an experimental vaccine has shown promise in protecting children against the deadly malaria parasite. The company that makes the vaccine, GlaxoSmithKline, says it will move to have it distributed ...
Malaria vaccine could be approved by 2015 after successful trials
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/8/successful-trialsofmalariavaccinecouldleadtoapprovalby2015.html
Late-stage clinical trials of what could become the world's first anti-malaria vaccine successfully protected a significant percentage of infants and young children in sub-Saharan Africa from contracting malaria up to 18 months after vaccination ...
Malaria Re-Emerges in Cameroon
http://www.voanews.com/content/malaria-re-emerges-in-cameroon/1765098.html
A close-up look at the net Ibrahim Fokoue, 25, pulls from the dark waters of Lake Noun in West Cameroon, bears similarities to the insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets distributed in Cameroon as part of a Roll Back Malaria campaign. Ibrahim confirms ...
