New Health News: Experimental Malaria Vaccine Falls Short

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Experimental Malaria Vaccine Falls Short

The world's first experimental malaria vaccine produced disappointing results in a large-scale test among African infants, raising questions about its potential for fighting the disease.

 The vaccine, promoted as a new weapon in the malaria fight, reduced the risk of malaria by only 30 percent. The study involved more than 6,500 babies aged six to 12 weeks.

 The results, released Friday, showed the vaccine providing less than half the protection it did in a previous smaller trial ...

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