#childrens health

bklynmed:

Approval sought for world’s 1st malaria vaccine

BBC News: GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world’s first vaccine against malaria, after promising trial data showed that it cut cases of the often-fatal disease in African children.

The company has been developing the vaccine for 3 decades and plans to submit a regulatory application to the European Medicines Agency.

Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Photo: Malaria infected mosquitoes (AFP)

The vaccine has only modest efficacy compared to other approved immunizations. And it’s a bit costly. But still, it has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives each year – which is great progress

It shouldn’t be up to kids to keep themselves safe from their parents’ firearms.

Shocking numbers from Yale School of Medicine: http://medicine.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=6625