If We Can Make A Zika Vaccine, Why Can't We Make One For Malaria
by The Daily Eye Team April 15 2016, 9:52 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 25 secsAs the Zika virus continues to spread through the Americas, researchers have been scrambling to develop a vaccine—an achievement some say we could reach within the year.
That’s exciting news, but it raises a question. Why is it we’re able to whip up a vaccine for one mosquito-carried infection in just a few months but we still have no vaccine for one of the deadliest mosquito-borne illnesses on the planet: malaria?