A vaccine against malaria could be introduced in the world's worst-hit countries in 2015, after the latest trial of a treatment produced by Britain's biggest drug company reduced the number of cases of the disease experienced by babies. Full story >>
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Malaria is a disease that causes fever and shivering (= shaking of the body) caused by the bite of some types of mosquito. • Health chiefs warned of the dangers of malaria today after figures showed that 13 Londoners have died from the disease in the last four years.