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A new vaccine against dengue has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) as over 6 million cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported in the Americas so far this year. Dengue is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. It can cause flu-like symptoms and in rare cases lead to death. The vaccine was developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda and contains weakened versions of the four serotypes of dengue virus. The global health agency recommended the vaccine for children aged six to 16 years old in areas where there are high levels of the vi...
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The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. In an update on the European Medicines Agency’s website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorization holder.” AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine was first given the nod by the EMA in January 2021. Within weeks, however, concerns grew about the vaccine’s safety, when dozens of countries suspended the vaccine’s use after unusual but rare blood clots were ...
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Washington (AFP) - An anti-vaccine group founded by US presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr raised millions of dollars during the coronavirus pandemic, tax records show, boosting its coffers as it ramped up what experts call dangerous health misinformation. Children's Health Defense (CHD), repeatedly called out for promoting vaccine falsehoods, collected about $46 million between 2020 and 2022, roughly 10 times its revenue in the three years preceding the pandemic. CHD and four other non-profit organizations collectively raked in more than $100 million during that period, public tax rec...
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Researchers in the UK have been granted £1.7 million (€1.98 million) to develop a lung cancer vaccine. The "LungVax" they aim to develop would be the world's first vaccine against lung cancer in people at risk of developing it. The technology for the new vaccine will be similar to that used for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19. Cancer cases expected to grow by more than 20% in Europe by 2045 - WHO agencyThe funding will come from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation. "Cancer is a disease of our own bodies and it’s hard for the immune system to distinguish between wh...
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The Czech authorities reported that there were 28 registered cases of whooping cough in the first week of January. That figure now stands at 3,084 – a number not seen since 1963. The highest rate of the illness is among 15 to 19-year-olds, who account for about one-third of the patients. According to Czech Health Minister Vlastimil Válek, the surge is likely attributable to a mix of a resurgence in respiratory diseases as society shifts away from stringent Covid measures, and incomplete immunization among children. Whooping cough is a highly infectious bacterial disease that affects the lungs ...
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European lawmakers will seek stronger protection for trade secrets of pharmaceutical companies in talks with EU ministers on new compulsory licensing legislation after a plenary vote on their negotiating mandate held this week. New rules were proposed by the European Commission in April to give the bloc a single instrument for compulsory licensing. Negotiations to approve the final legislative text will start once EU ministers will finalise their own amendments to the commission’s proposal. Governments may grant compulsory licenses in exceptional circumstances allowing use of protected inventi...
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Health officials are investigating whether there's a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a rare nervous system disorder in older US adults. The inquiry is based on fewer than two dozen cases seen among more than 9.5 million vaccine recipients, health officials said on Thursday. And the available information is too limited to establish whether the shots caused the illnesses, they added. But the numbers are higher than expected and officials are gathering more information to determine if the vaccines are causing the problem. The data was presented at a meeting of an expert panel that ...
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Washington (AFP) - Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel told AFP his company's experimental vaccine against melanoma could be available in as little as two years, in what would amount to a landmark step against the most serious form of skin cancer. Globally there were an estimated 325,000 new melanoma cases and 57 ,000 deaths from the disease in 2020. "We think that in some countries the product could be launched under accelerated approval by 2025," he said in an interview. Unlike conventional vaccines, so-called therapeutic vaccines treat rather than prevent a disease. But they also work by training ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States on Monday approved Covid vaccines with formulations that more closely target currently circulating variants, as infections are once more on the rise. The new approvals relate to updated vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer that correspond to an Omicron sublineage. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded that the benefits of receiving the shots outweighs the risk for those aged six months and up. "Vaccination remains critical to public health and continued protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death," ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies. The Pfizer shot, which was already approved for use in older adults, has now been greenlighted for use as a single injection from 32 through 36 weeks of pregnancy, to protect infants from birth through six months, a statement by the Food and Drug Administration said. It is the latest in a succession of medicines recently approved against the common microbe, which causes tens of thousands of hos...
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