Last legs: These Droitwich transmission towers are all that's keeping the RTS service going Two decades-old pieces of glass and metal are all that stands between 900,000 UK energy meters working properly or being severely disrupted, and even turned off. In the last few weeks and months, many energy firms have been contacting their Economy 7 and 10 customers to …
A decades-long pursuit to disarm mosquitoes has produced new vaccines. In trials carried out between 2009 and 2011 across seven African countries, the RTS,S vaccine prevented infants from developing malaria for at least three years after the first vaccination. It is the number two cause of toddler deaths in Africa after respiratory illnesses – nearly half a million children die …
The triumphs of science are best appreciated when they make human lives easier or safer, or simply, offer hope. The first ever World Health Organization -approved anti-malaria vaccine must count among those triumphs. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom rightly termed it as a historic moment, achieving a breakthrough not only for malaria control but also child health and science itself. …
