Some good news for a change.
Scientists have discovered a microbe in Africa that can stop mosquitoes from harbouring malaria.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52530828
Malaria kills 400,000 every year and leaves many others with continuing disabilities. The preventative medications can themselves have serious side-effects.
My grandfather still suffered from the effects of malaria 40 years after being infected during WW1 - he got a special pension because it was seen as "incurable".
It should be the top story and money should be pumped in to fund further research and trials........ but most of the victims are not in the West, so COVID-19 will overshadow it. Any backing by the WHO will be hampered by Trump's cut in funding by the USA. But, it's a first major step in the possible eradication of a deadly illness.
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