Researchers begin promising malaria vaccine trial in Burkina Faso

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Malaria is one of the world's deadliest diseases: it infects hundreds of millions of people every year, and kills about half a million, most of them under 5 years of age. There is no vaccine. Now, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are testing a malaria vaccine that has shown success in early tests.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news