Tag: vaccine
Navigating Malaria Control
Malaria poses a critical challenge to global health, linking parasitic infection complexities with climate change and public health inequities. The mosquito-transmitted infectious disease...
Need for Hepatitis B Clinical Trials in Africa
In a study published by The Lancet, researchers found 1,804 unique HBV clinical trials, yet only 18 (1.0%) of these involved the WHO...
Self-Amplifying Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccine Demonstrates Extended Immunity Vs an mRNA Vaccine
New data released this week shows a self-amplifying mRNA (sa-mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine, ARCT-154, had an extended immune response after 3 and 6 month...
Top Infectious Disease Stories: Week of February 5
This week, a study advocates enhancing hospital cleaning protocols to halt healthcare-associated infections; integrating HCV testing and antivirals in prisons to cut transmission...
Top Infectious Disease Stories: Week of January 29
This week, a measles outbreak spans multiple US states and the CDC highlights a rise in syphilis incidents. Fatalities from Group A strep...
Novavax Granted Authorization in United Kingdom for its COVID-19 Vaccine
Last week, the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it has granted marketing authorization for Novavax’s NVX-CoV2601 (Nuvaxovid) XBB15...