HIV vaccine hopes dashed by trial results
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HIV vaccine hopes dashed by trial results

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51361955 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Hopes have been dashed an experimental vaccine could protect people against HIV, the virus that causes Aids. The National Institutes of Health has stopped its HVTN 702 trial, of more than 5,000 people in South Africa, as it found the jab did…

New drug for recurring malaria
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New drug for recurring malaria

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44801139 By Smitha MundasadGlobal Health Correspondent, BBC News A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria – caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax – which makes 8.5 million people ill each year….