First Malaria treatment for babies approved

For the first time ever, a malaria treatment has been approved for infants, according to a press release by pharmaceutical company Novartis on Tuesday.

Eight African countries participated in the assessment of the breakthrough medicine and are expected to roll out treatments in the fall.

Until now, there has been no approved malaria treatment for infants weighing less than 4.5 kilograms, leaving a deadly treatment gap, the press…