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The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative has outlined its ambitions for the next generation of vaccines.

Scientists should investigate herbal malaria remedies as they are more affordable for the very poor, the MIM meeting was told.

A round up of articles about vaccine distribution in the developing world, flu virus survival strategies, thermal screening, and more.

Tanzanian farmers to receive training, new tool improves antimalarial dosage, South Africa's top satellite unable to send data, and more.

MRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchers

Pork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.

Using sheeting impregnated with insecticide may be easier, and less toxic, than wall-spraying.

Deaths from diarrhoea in over-five-year-olds far exceed established estimates, according to a new study.

Pakistan to receive expertise from China, making fertiliser from human faeces, Maldives ministers dive to highlight climate change, and more.

Plants genetically engineered to contain antibodies have protected chickens against a parasitic disease.

Scientists have used a 'gun' that delivers a vaccine and an electrical impulse to improve the effectiveness of a DNA vaccine for HIV.

Millions of children are missing out on the fruits of an explosion in vaccine development because they are too difficult to reach.

Complementary medicine has saved the Peruvian government US$8 million in the last ten years, says a study.

The Thailand HIV vaccine trial reveals the human body's fighting response to the virus, a conference has heard, but many questions remain.

Vaccine to tackle fatal livestock disease, farmers to benefit from agricultural radio shows, Kenya researcher wins top prize, and more.

The latest on swine flu including protection by seasonal flu, the use of X-rays in severe cases, the effect of flu on the unborn and more.

South-East Asia's mosquitoes bite at dusk so bednets are of limited use — but treated hammocks could be a useful addition.

Cases of infection with the Colombian variant of a US bacterium, USA300, have increased by eight per cent in six years.

Researchers say that a chemical-free arsenic decontamination method is proving successful in an Indian village.

Researchers have found that brown rice inhibits the breakdown of sugar into glucose — good news for diabetics.