Unexplained fever? Malaria might be a possible diagnosis regardless of travel history, says CDC
FOX NewsAPR 21 2023
"A monumental milestone" in the battle against malaria was set Monday with the rollout of the "R21/Matrix-M" vaccine in the West African nation of the Ivory Coast.
Co-developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, the vaccine is targeted to immunize around 6.6M children in 15 African nations from 2024-25.
The jab which costs less than $4 per dose, is the second such vaccine. "RTS,S," launched earlier this year, costs twice as much and reportedly faces manufacturing hurdles.