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Moderna COVID vaccine, Spikevax, receives full FDA approval

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine; the approved vaccine will be marketed...

Ukraine: Polio vaccination campaign to begin February 1

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, a catch-up polio vaccination campaign for children aged 6 months to 6 years who missed routine...

Zika virus vaccine candidate shows promising results in preclinical studies

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A Zika virus vaccine candidate is effective at preventing the Zika virus passing from mother to fetus in preclinical animal studies, according to a new study in the journal npj Vaccines. The...

Costa Rica reports unavailability of yellow fever vaccine

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Costa Rica Ministry of Health reported Friday (computer translated): The Ministry of Health informs that the drugstore in charge of importing the Yellow Fever vaccine...

Vaccine used in much of the world no match for Omicron variant

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Millions of people around the world have received two shots of Sinovac, a Chinese-manufactured inactive vaccine that is used in 48 countries to help reduce transmission rates of COVID-19. However, those...

Researchers seek to develop vaccine against plague, tularemia and melioidosis

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and three other institutions are seeking to develop a multi-pathogen vaccine that will protect against...

Whooping cough: Why are rates on the rise again?

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Whooping cough, or pertussis was one of the most common childhood diseases and a major cause of childhood mortality in the United States in the last century. Before the...

Covaxin vaccine candidate booster dose generated robust neutralizing antibody responses against both Omicron and Delta

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Ocugen, Inc. and Bharat Biotech announced yesterday results from a study conducted at Emory University demonstrating that sera from subjects who received a booster dose...

Many vaccines can cross-protect patients against multiple pathogens

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews While the world has celebrated the arrival of highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, new work by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Oxford...

Chile begins second COVID-19 booster for immunocompromised, soon 55 and older

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Chile health officials announced today vaccination began this Monday with a new (fourth, second booster) dose for immunocompromised people 12 years of age and older who...