Bill Gates pledges $258 million to fight malaria (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051031/hl_nm/malaria_gates_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051026/capt.xnd10410261723.jordan_gates_xnd104.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=ZgH4S6lLMDQEmQ9sFln42A--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the King Hussein Convention Center at Dead Sea resort, near south Shouneh, 35 Kilometers (21 Miles) west of Amman on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates has
pledged $258.3 million for research and development to combat
malaria, including new cash to test the world's first vaccine
against the mosquito-borne disease.</p><br clear=all>