A New mRNA Malaria Vaccine
By targeting resident memory T cells in the liver, a novel mRNA malaria vaccine prevented infection, even in those with prior exposure. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 30, 2023 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Climate Change Drives New Cases of Malaria, Complicating Efforts to Fight the Disease
The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Malaria Floods Supply Chain Global Warming Deaths (Fatalities) Disease Rates Pesticides Two Thousand Twenty Two Vaccination and Immunization Weather World Health Organization Ethiopia Pakistan Nigeria Uganda your-feed-science Source Type: news
Africa: First Malaria Vaccines Arrive in Cameroon - Other Countries to Follow
[Unicef] Shipments of the world's first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Cameroon Central Africa Children and Youth External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria West Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine Shipments to Africa Mark Progress Toward Broader Rollout
[WHO] More than 330 000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine arrived last night in Cameroon - a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children Malaria burden is the highest on the African continent, which accounted for approximately 95% of global malaria cases and 96% of related deaths in 2021 With several African countries now finalizing roll-out plans, an additional 1.7 million doses are set for delivery to Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria Vaccine is Here - 'The World Needs Good News - And This is a Good News Story'
[WHO] Shipments of the world's first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331 200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Malaria Source Type: news
Africa: Shipments to African Countries Herald Final Steps Toward Broader Vaccination Against Malaria
[Unicef] Shipments of the world's first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a country not previously involved in the malaria vaccine pilot programme and signals that scale-up of vaccination against malaria across the highest-risk areas on the African continent will begin shortly. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 23, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Children and Youth Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
In Africa, Rollout Of Life-Saving Malaria Vaccines Accelerates
This week Cameroon became the first African country to receive the Mosquirix malaria vaccine for use as a fully tested preventive in a wide range of healthcare settings. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 22, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Joshua Cohen, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
Africa: Groundbreaking Malaria Vaccines Developed, but Challenges Remain
[The Conversation Africa] The approval of two malaria vaccines - the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023 - will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths annually. Nearly 2 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been vaccinated with the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine. It will be rolled out to more African countries from early next year. The second vaccine, R21/Matrix-MTM, approved by the World Health Organization in October, will be ready for rollout in (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - November 22, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
Certain Scientists, Journals Pose'Potential Threats To Vaccine Confidence': CDC
Certain Scientists, Journals Pose 'Potential Threats To Vaccine Confidence': CDC Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Scientists and journals that conduct and publish certain research pose a problem for the federal government's vaccination campaigns that should be…#cdc #zacharystieber #epochtimes #atlanta #colinbernatzky #vladimiruversky #florida #modernacovid19 #malaria #pertussis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This new malaria vaccine will transform our battle with the deadliest creatures on Earth | Devi Sridhar
The breakthrough has come just in time: malaria has re-emerged in my home state of Florida, and will spread further thanks to climate changeWant to guess the most dangerous animal in the world? When my team asked children in Edinburgh during a public outreach event with schools, they said sharks, alligators, spiders and lions. All good guesses, but none on target. The deadliest animal is the mighty mosquito, which kills more than1 million people a year. Almost 700 million people contract a mosquito-borne illness each year. Mosquitoes carry serious diseases like malaria, dengue fever, West Nile virus, Zika virus and chikung...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 26, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Devi Sridhar Tags: Malaria Health World news Africa Science Source Type: news
First malaria vaccine slashes early childhood deaths
In a major analysis in Africa, the first vaccine approved to fight malaria cut deaths among young children by 13% over nearly 4 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported last week. The huge evaluation of a pilot rollout of the vaccine, called RTS,S or Mosquirix and made by GlaxoSmithKline, also showed a 22% reduction in severe malaria in kids young enough to receive a three-shot series. Hundreds of thousands of children are born annually in the parts of Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi included in the analysis, for which WHO revealed the final data on 20 October at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical M...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: African Firms 'Need Know-How to Make New Malaria Jab'
[SciDev.Net] London/Douala/Lagos -- Vaccine developers must share the know-how behind a groundbreaking new malaria jab so it can be rolled out efficiently to poor populations in Africa that need it most, according to a senior malaria advisor to the continent's main healthcare agency. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 9, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Economy, Business and Finance Company News Health and Medicine Malaria Manufacturing Science and Biotechnology Sustainable Development Source Type: news
How Old Do You Have to Be To Receive Yellow Fever Vaccine?
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In the United States, Yellow Fever (YF) is rare and usually due to traveler’s coming to the US from Africa (34 countries) or South America (13 countries, see maps here) This wasn’t always true. There were numerous outbreaks in the past few centuries. However, after the Spanish-American War, a YF commission was sent to Cuba that proved YF was mosquito-borne and 1 year later major improvement was seen due to a multi-pronged mosquito control program.
“In May 1900, the U.S. Army,…formed the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission to gather data in Cuba that might inspire improvements in the publi...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 9, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Oxford vaccine developer criticises WHO’s mid-2024 target for malaria shot
Adrian Hill urges swifter rollout, saying ‘why would you allow children to die instead of distributing the vaccine?’ (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - October 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
