Moderna's latest vaccine - called Spikevax - targets both the original strain and the first Omicron variant (BA.1), which emerged last winter. It is known as a bivalent vaccine as it takes aim at two forms of Covid...
As new threats like monkeypox and polio re-emerge and the coronavirus continues to evolve, the potential of the old vaccine to provide a measure of universal protection against infectious diseases has gained renewed interest among scientists...
"A universal coronavirus vaccine would be a tremendous advance," says Wayne Koff, president and CEO of the Human Vaccines Project. "My expectation is that progress likely will be incremental, though there needs to be a major coordinated effort to achieve this goal."...
One region has not had access to any Jynneos vaccine: Africa, where monkeypox has long been prevalent. No country within Africa has yet to procure a single dose. "Let us get vaccines onto the continent," the acting head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said recently...
More than 30 countries have areas with moderate to high malaria transmission, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the vaccine could provide added protection to more than 25 million children each year once supply ramps up...
The first US monkeypox case this year was detected on 18 May in the state of Massachusetts. Since then, more than 10,000 cases have been reported across the country, in every state except Wyoming...
From now on, the Central African, or Congo Basin, clade will be known as Clade I, while the West African clade will be Clade II, the WHO said. Clade I is considered to be more severe...
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