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More African countries are trying to administer vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) which is responsible for nearly all cervical cancer cases, but challenges such as misinformation about the vaccine have slowed progress. The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Africa office estimates that about 25 per cent of the population still has doubts about it, reflecting concerns seen in some other parts of the world in early campaigns for the vaccine. HPV is a common sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer. An average of 190 women across Africa died daily from this type of cance...
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Global leaders gathered in Paris on Thursday to launch a new initiative to increase vaccine production in Africa and address the large inequities that came to light during the COVID-19 pandemic. The African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA) is a new financial mechanism that will provide nearly €1 billion over ten years to support African vaccine manufacturers. It was officially launched at a global forum co-hosted by France, the African Union and the international vaccine organisation Gavi. The new funds will contribute to the African Union's goal of manufacturing at least 60 per cent o...
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A previous COVID-19 infection may lower your risk of getting a cold caused by a milder coronavirus cousin, according to new research. Endemic coronaviruses are thought to be responsible for 15 to 30 per cent of common colds in adults. Researchers found that people previously infected with COVID-19 had a 50 per cent lower chance of having a common cold caused by a coronavirus compared with people who were fully vaccinated and did not get COVID-19. “We think there’s going to be a future outbreak of a coronavirus,” said Dr Manish Sagar, senior author of the study published on Wednesday in the jou...
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Hundreds of unused doses of yellow fever jabs have been left in hospitals in Uganda due to vaccine hesitancy. The East African country launched mass vaccination campaigns in 2023 and 2024, aiming to protect 27 million people, but only 12 million have been immunised. The single-dose vaccine has been offered free of charge to Ugandans between the ages of one and 60. Vaccination centres in the capital, Kampala, and elsewhere included schools, universities, hospitals and local government units. Before this, Ugandans usually paid to get the yellow fever shot at private clinics, for the equivalent o...
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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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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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