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10/15/2004:

"New Malaria Vaccine May Be Lifesaver for Africa"

After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria. Trials in Africa showed that the vaccine blocked almost half of new infections in young children and reduced serious disease by nearly 60%.

Experts termed the results a major breakthrough in efforts to tame a disease that afflicts 400 million people each year, killing 1 million to 3 million - most of them children in Africa. Malaria is the leading killer of children under age 5 and ranks with AIDS and tuberculosis on the list of the world's most lethal diseases.

Full Article : ktla.trb.com