August 14, 2026 — 4:00am

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After decades of research and a stroke of luck, Australian researchers have developed a new vaccination method for a disease that has dogged humanity for millennia and continues to take at least 610,000 – and counting – lives each year.

The scientists hope the experimental malaria vaccine, successfully tested on mice, could transform mosquito bites into “booster shots” that fortify the body’s immune defences against the disease instead of causing infection.

Malaria is caused by a cunning parasite that has evolved…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU