Malaria kills nearly twice as many people than previously thought, but deaths declining rapidly
Friday, February 3, 2012 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought -- 1.2 million -- but the number of deaths has fallen rapidly as efforts to combat the disease have ramped up, according to new research. Researchers say that deaths from malaria have been missed by previous studies because of the assumption that the disease mainly kills children under age five.