What a Difference a Tweet Makes [HuffingtonPost.com]
MNM CEO Scott Case blogged about the “Twitter Nets” distributions taking place in Senegal now. The nets that are being distributed were raised during Ashton’s race to 1M followers on Twitter.

Malaria Is The Cause Of 2010, Declares Matthew Bishop [HuffingtonPost.com]
Matthew Bishop of Philanthrocapitalism predicted that the World Cup in South Africa is putting a great focus on malaria — enough to make it The Cause of the Year.

Ashton Kutcher Keeps Charity Promise [LookToTheStars.org]
Last year, Ashton Kutcher pledged to donate nets to MNM if he reached 1M Twitter followers before CNN. His promise is being kept with almost 90,000 nets being distributed in Senegal.

Must-Reads

New malaria vaccine shows promise in children [Reuters]
A new vaccine showed promise at protecting young children from malaria. In a study of 100 West African children, the experimental vaccine produced immune responses similar to or even higher than those of adults infected by malaria all their lives.

Protein ‘ushers’ key to beating malaria [CBC News]
Australian researchers have discovered the malaria parasite is able to invade human cells by sending out hundreds of so-called effector proteins into the red blood cells it is invading. The discovery could lead to a new range of anti-malarial drugs.

Malaria patient Dawn Dubsky, whose limbs were amputated, sues Northwestern [Chicago Tribune]
Dawn Dubsky is suing the hospital where she first received treatment, contending that medical malpractice allowed her condition to deteriorate so thoroughly that her arms and legs had to be amputated.

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