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Malaria has always been a far harder scourge to control. The parasite that causes it is tough and versatile, and the pest that delivers it - the mosquito - is everywhere. "There has never been a vaccine against any human parasite," says Joe Cohen, a vice president of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline...
But malaria, which has for so long had its way with us, may at last have met its pharmaceutical match. Two breakthrough papers published early Monday morning in the New England Journal of Medicine report the success of a pair of new vaccines tested in groups of children in Africa...
The first of the two studies involved 894 children from 5 to 17 months old in Kenya and Tanzania. Part of the group was administered a vaccine being developed by GSK and bankrolled in part by the Malaria Vaccine Initiative, under a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After...
All of this may change in the near future: A proposed universal flu vaccine based on the M2e genetic region believed to be common to all flu strains passed a critical test this fall. That means one day people will be able to get a vaccine that will work for...
Until then, it’s vital that we continue regular vaccinations. Though it may not send a Harvard student to the hospital, getting the flu could impact studying for finals or cause a serious thesis setback. Employers try to get their workers vaccinated because there are huge productivity benefits...