Tag: vaccine

A groundbreaking partnership between vaccine alliance Gavi and UNICEF is set to sharply reduce the cost of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine, bringing...

Vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives in the last 50 years. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says those hard-won...

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Russia has taken a major step in the fight against cancer. The country has developed its own mRNA-based cancer vaccine. Andrey Kaprin,...

Global childhood immunization coverage stagnated in 2023, with an additional 2.7 million children left un- and under-vaccinated compared to pre-pandemic levels in...

Explore the groundbreaking first-in-human trial of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine by the University of Oxford. With funding from CEPI, this initiative aims to combat the deadly Nipah virus, responsible for outbreaks in Southeast Asia. Learn about the urgency, challenges, and potential global impact of this essential research.

UNM researchers unveil a groundbreaking cholesterol vaccine offering an affordable alternative to high-cost treatments.

The World Health Organization's approval of the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University in collaboration with the Serum Institute of India, marks a pivotal moment in the battle against malaria. This disease claims the lives of approximately half a million people in Africa every year. The vaccine has shown remarkable efficacy, reducing malaria cases by up to 75%, and has the potential to be manufactured at scale and at an affordable cost.

Farmer behavior, especially vaccine uptake or other preventative measures, is critical to how effective responses are to livestock disease outbreaks,

Despite the increasing efforts to improve immunization coverage, there has been limited progress in reducing the number of children who do not receive any vaccines, commonly referred to as "zero-dose children." This challenge highlights the ongoing need to reach every child with life-saving vaccines.