Valneva Receives Marketing Authorization in the UK for the World’s First Chikungunya Vaccine, IXCHIQ®
The UK approval marks the fourth regulatory approval Valneva has received for its single-shot chikungunya vaccine. The vaccine is currently approved in the United States (U.S.) 2, Europe 3 and Canada ...
Study exposes COVID-19’s dire social impact in Brazil
The “Epicovid 2.0” study shows that the “impacts of the pandemic are great and long-lasting” and that it has “exacerbated ...
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Meningitis surged by 133% in Ashanti Region in 2024
The Ashanti Region recorded 42 cases of meningitis in 2024, representing a 133% increase from the 18 cases recorded a year before.
Kala Azar-free tag only a year away for India
India is on track to be declared free of Kala Azar by 2024, achieving elimination targets set by WHO after decades of efforts against the deadly disease.
Opinion: There’s a vaccine for poultry. The reason the U.S. isn’t using it is insane.
Other countries are using a bird flu vaccine successfully in poultry and that if we vaccinate the poulets (the young birds) ...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...