Category: Vaccine Headlines
Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast marks new milestone
VOA The world’s second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine program using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India. The introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO)-approved R21 vaccine comes six months after the first malaria vaccine, called RTS,S and developed […]
Jul 16, 2024
GSK Secures mRNA Vaccines For Bird Flu, COVID And Seasonal Flu From Struggling Biotech CureVac
Forbes British Pharma giant GSK said on Wednesday it will pay as much as $1.5 billion to take control of several mRNA vaccines from vaccine developer CureVac, sending shares of the struggling German biotech soaring during premarket trading and strengthening the British drugmaker’s vaccine portfolio as it tries to compete with the likes of Moderna, Pfizer and […]
Jul 3, 2024
NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens
NIH Candidate vaccine could provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. A Phase 1 trial testing the safety of an experimental nasal vaccine that may provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is now enrolling healthy adults at three sites in the United States. The […]
Jul 2, 2024
Finland to start bird flu vaccinations for humans, in world first
Reuters Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination as soon as next week to some workers with exposure to animals, health authorities said on Tuesday, making it the first country in the world to do so. The Nordic country has bought vaccines for 10,000 people, each consisting of two injections, as part of a […]
Jun 25, 2024
New Merck pneumococcal vaccine wins FDA approval
STAT The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Merck’s new pneumococcal vaccine for adults 18 and older. The vaccine, which will be sold under the name Capvaxive, is designed to protect against pneumococcal pneumonia, which hospitalizes about 150,000 adults in the United States every year and kills about 1 in 20 who develop it, […]
Jun 18, 2024
Europe taps CSL Seqirus to produce bird flu vaccines for pandemic preparedness efforts
Fierce Pharma Right after signing on to help with bird flu pandemic preparedness efforts in the U.S., CSL Seqirus has agreed to do the same in Europe through a vaccine supply pact. The European Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) tapped CSL Seqirus to deliver 665,000 doses of its pre-pandemic bird flu vaccine […]
Jun 12, 2024
To vaccinate or not against highly pathogenic avian influenza?
The Lancet The poultry sector is a major component of agriculture that contributes to the national economy and is crucial for food security, poverty reduction, and economic development. However, the poultry sector has been affected by poultry diseases, with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) having a serious economic impact on the sector. Avian influenza is […]
Jun 11, 2024
Scientists Test mRNA Vaccines to Protect Against Bird Flu
VOA From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Scientists are testing next-generation vaccines to deal with the spread of bird flu in the United States. The vaccines use the same mRNA technology that led to the development of COVID-19 shots in record time. The U.S. Agriculture Department is planning to test a vaccine, […]
Jun 11, 2024
Can a new malaria vaccine for children eradicate the disease? Here’s what to know
PBS Newshour (Audio File) Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Across Africa, it kills nearly half a million children younger than 5 each year. A new vaccine, only the second of its kind, holds the promise of saving thousands of lives and moving the world closer to eradicating malaria. Ali Rogin speaks with […]
Jun 11, 2024
Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first
STAT Finland is preparing to offer vaccines to people at risk of exposure to an avian influenza strain spreading among farmed and wild animals, health officials there said, potentially becoming the first country to take such a step as concerns about the threat the virus poses to people intensify. The vaccine campaign will be limited, […]
Jun 11, 2024