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Malaria Vaccine

There is promising news today in the fight against malaria. Researchers from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and SmithKline Beecham Biologicals report preliminary success with a new malaria vaccine. Right now, there is no vaccine against malaria, and the need for one is urgent. Each year, malaria kills more than 2 million people around the world. NPR's Joe Palca reports.

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