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 Central African Republic is the first country to receive thousands of doses of a new malaria vaccine first recommended by the World Health Organization last October. A total of 43,000 doses ...

Malaria expert Brian Greenwood had once resigned himself to the possibility that a successful vaccine for the disease might not become available in his lifetime. Now, at 86 years old, the moment he’s ...

Share on Pinterest An effective new malaria vaccine, Mosquirix, has rolled out in Cameroon and could reduce the risk of all-cause mortality in children by 13%. Image credit: ETIENNE NSOM/Getty Images.

DAKAR, Senegal — Ghana on Thursday became the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine for young children, one that officials hope will offer better protection against the disease that kills ...

Johannesburg — It seems hard to believe that Africa's biggest killer is a tiny insect, but almost every minute, an African child dies with malaria. The continent bears the brunt of the mosquito-borne ...

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 ...

Just two years after the World Health Organization’s historic recommendation of the first malaria vaccine, the global health agency on Monday recommended a second, seeking to broaden access to a tool ...

"The mosquito is one of the deadliest animals on the planet," declared two South African researchers in a recent Nature article. This tiny insect is responsible for spreading malaria, a disease that ...

Oct. 2 (UPI) --The World Health Organization on Monday recommended a new vaccine for malaria, the mosquito-borne disease, which continues to plague the African region and kills nearly 500,000 children ...

The World Health Organization announced Monday it was recommending a second malaria vaccine, specifically designed to prevent the illness in children, just two years after it recommended the first ...

DESIRE DANGA ESSIGUE / Desire Danga Essigue/Reuters The rollout of malaria vaccines in Africa — the world’s first routine immunization program against this mosquito-borne disease — has raised ...