More information: Brian D. Carey et al, A Lassa virus live attenuated vaccine candidate that is safe and efficacious in guinea pigs, npj Vaccines (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41541-024-01012-w Provided ...

There's evidence that certain vaccines boost the body's defense against many kinds of illness. Scientists are investigating whether this benefit extends to protection from COVID-19.

HKUMed has achieved a significant breakthrough in developing needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes.

Polio vaccine. Inactivated and live-attenuated polio vaccines are available. Inactivated polio vaccines has been administered to immunosuppressed patients, including to >500,000 HIV-infected children.

Last but not least, live attenuated vaccines such as this one have been proven to provide cross-protection against related viral strains, and thus presumably also against future SARS-CoV-2 variants.

The updated ACIP recommendations are unchanged in their support for the live-attenuated vaccine in people ages 18 years and older who travel to a country or territory with a chikungunya outbreak.

Carly Pflaum, an FDA spokesperson, told PolitiFact via email that no live-attenuated viral COVID-19 vaccines are authorized for use in the U.S., and all FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines are ...

People who receive the live-attenuated shingles vaccine may have a lower likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia compared with those who do not get the shot, researchers report April 2 in ...

A vaccine using live-attenuated malaria parasites showed promise in a small human challenge study. Image: CDC/James Gathany. Although the trial showed promise, Meta Roestenberg, ...

Novel, needle-free, live-attenuated influenza vaccines with broad protection against human and avian virus subtypes. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...