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IRISH holidaymakers heading to a European sunshine spot this summer have been warned over new cases of a deadly “mosquito” ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has accepted recommendations made by a panel of vaccine experts in April, ...
A warming world is pushing tropical infectious diseases northwards as pathogens thrive in hot and humid conditions ...
The first two cases of chikungunya virus have been identified in the commune of Grosseto-Prugna on the French island of Corsica, the France 3 broadcaster reported, citing the Regional Health Agency ...
Thanks to a clever modification of the baculovirus, vaccines can now be produced in insect cells more easily and cleaner. Researchers at Wageningen ...
Two imported cases of chikungunya fever were reported last week, raising the total this year to 13 cases — the most for the ...
First children vaccinated in clinical study seeking to expand the target population for the chikungunya vaccine. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 12, 2025 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) announced today ...
A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...
A chikungunya case not linked to travel suggests mosquitoes that carry the virus are in the country. Health authorities in the area are conducting a door-to-door survey to see if other individuals ...
Chikungunya Virus and Prospects for a Vaccine Scott C Weaver; Jorge E Osorio; Jill A Livengood; Rubing Chen; Dan T Stinchcomb Disclosures Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012;11 (9):1087-1101.
In May 2016, the Ministry of Health reported an outbreak in Mandera East sub-county, where KEMRI confirmed 7 out of 10 samples tested positive for the virus. A year later, in December 2017 ...