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Malaria vaccine add-ons activate three antibody targets, study finds

Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa.

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Malaria vaccine add-ons activate three antibody targets, study finds

Sunday, August 9th, 2026 - Malaria kills more than half a million people a year, most of them young children in Africa. Two vaccines are now recommended by the World Health Organization: RTS,S and R21. Both are helpful interventions, but neither works as well or as long as public health officials would like.

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