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African Trials for Malaria Vaccine:

Scientists in Africa have began trials in seven African nations for a Malaria vaccine. The Mosquirix vaccine(also known as RTS,S) has been developed through two decades of research, and will involve 16,000 children. If the malaria vaccine is successful, it will be the first ever malaria vaccine and will save about one million people's live's each year.

Sources: Al Jazeera: []

UPI: [|http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/11/03/Largest-malaria-vaccine-trial-under-way/UPI-33181257264450/]

Compare and Contrast: The UPI article discussed mostly about where and who the vaccine is being tested, while the Al Jazeera article gave more information about both that, and malaria background information. Al Jazeera also discussed more about the impact the vaccine will have on people and the benefits it would bring. The UPI article had no pictures attached, while the Al Jazeera article had two pictures and a box of malaria information. Both articles mentioned that the trials are taking place in seven different African nations, but UPI named all of them. Both mentioned that the trial consists of about 16,000 children. The UPI article did have one quote from an important authority figure, (Joe Cohen, co-inventor of RTS,S), but Al Jazeera had 3 quotes from authority figures.

My Opinion: I'm glad that they are testing what could possibly be the first ever malaria vaccine because it can save many lives. I don't know how big the chance is that it will work, but it seems like many scientists believe that it will, because it has gone through twenty years of research and because this will be the largest test a malaria vaccine has ever been. To me, the Al Jazeera article was much better because it had more information about nearly everything, had more quotes, and had more pictures.