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Two Deaths Linked to the Chikungunya Vaccine Highlight Risks of Unrepresentative Clinical Trials
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Two deaths linked to the chikungunya vaccine highlight risks of unrepresentative clinical trials
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended restricting the use of the first vaccine developed against chikungunya — an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes in tropical areas that causes, among other symptoms, severe joint pain that lasts for several months or even years — in people aged over 65. The measure comes after at least 17 serious adverse events, two of them fatal, were reported in people over 62 years of age who had rec…
CDC Approves Recommendations for Chikungunya Vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has accepted an advisory panel’s recommendations on vaccines for chikungunya disease, which is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. The recommendations were made by the health agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) during a meeting in April, according to the CDC. ACIP recommended the virus-like particle chikungunya vaccine for people aged 12 or over who are traveling to a count…
This week, news in the Indian Ocean has been marked by such topics as: the continued decline of the chikungunya epidemic in Reunion, the revival of the gas project in Mozambique, diplomatic initiatives in Madagascar and sporting successes in Mauritius. A region that, while facing crises, highlights its ambitions for economic recovery and strategic cooperation. Reunion, a cultural resilience despite the chikungunya epidemic As the epidemic weaken…
Saint-Denis de la Réunion, 21 May 2025 (AFP) – The chikungunya epidemic continues to slow down in Réunion, said Wednesday Public Health France (SPF), evoking a "phase of epidemic decay". Public Health France explains in its weekly newsletter that all epidemic indicators "is in sharp continuous decline" in this French department of the ocean [...]
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