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PAHO releases new guidelines to help combat vaccine misinformation
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) has launched new guidelines designed to support health workers and other...
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Australia approves chlamydia vaccine for koalas
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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australian regulators have approved a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, researchers said Wednesday, as they seek to stamp out a ...
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US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting safety doubts
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday announced it would terminate 22 federal contra...
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US bans vaccine ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The United States health department said Wednesday it would end the use of a vaccine ingredient long targeted by con...
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WHO defends vaccine safety test standards
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Caribbean countries urged to encourage the vaccination of its citizens
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Two dead, 200 sickened in US measles outbreak – authorities
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US health dept providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA bird flu vaccine
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Cholera vaccine production up but stockpiles still short – WHO
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Two UK mpox cases first local transmission in Europe: WHO
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Mpox is not under control, warns Africa CDC
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US to donate 1 million mpox vaccines to Africa — Biden
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States plans to donate one million doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations facing an epidemic of...
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World better positioned against mpox than for COVID — vaccine alliance
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lessons learned from the COVID pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic ...
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
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WHO calls for cholera vaccine production boost
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Ivory Coast receives first life-saving malaria vaccines
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — Ivory Coast this week received its first vaccines against malaria, a disease that kills four people a day in the country,...
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Over US$1 billion pledged to create ‘African vaccine market’
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WEST INDIES PETROLEUM TERMINAL FILES FOR $5.59-B JSE LISTING
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