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Comedian was infected with malaria because he needed cash to help raise funds for show at Edinburgh Fringe
A comedian has revealed he willingly contracted malaria as a paid participant in a health study - as he struggled to raise enough cash to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe. John Tothill was injected with the potentially deadly infection by scientists in …