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1st malaria vaccine tried out in babies in 3 African nations

by Associated Press
| January 16, 2020 7:05 AM

TOMALI, Malawi (AP) — A pinch in the leg, a squeal and a trickle of tears. One baby after another in Malawi is getting the first and only vaccine against malaria, one of history's deadliest and most stubborn of diseases.

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