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Mashup Score: 134 Countries At-Risk for Polio Outbreaks - 4 day(s) ago
According to an updated Travel Health Advisory, there are now 34 destinations that may have circulating poliovirus. As of May 3, 2024, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative confirmed various countries reported WPV1, cVDPV2, and cVDPV1 polio cases this year. On April 26, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reissued its Level 2 – Practice Enhanced Precautions notice regarding recent polio outbreaks.
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Mashup Score: 0mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Revenue Declines 88% - 7 day(s) ago
Pfizer Inc. today reported $354 million in Comirnaty® vaccine revenue in Q1 2024, marking an 88% drop from the previous year’s Q1.
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Mashup Score: 3Brazil Orders 12.5 Million mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines - 18 day(s) ago
Moderna, Inc. today announced a contract with Brazil’s Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde) to supply its monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Under the new contract, 12.5 million doses of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (SpikeVax) are anticipated for delivery in the second quarter of 2024.
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Mashup Score: 2London's 76 Measles Cases Surpass Chicago's Outbreak - 21 day(s) ago
While measles outbreaks have been reported in dozens of countries in 2024, recent attention has focused on the cities of Chicago and London. The U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published an updated epidemiological overview on April 18, 2024, stating that an additional 86 cases of measles were confirmed in England last week. This data brings the total number of confirmed cases since October 2023 to 1,109.
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Mashup Score: 1
Soligenix, Inc. announced today that the Office of Orphan Products Development of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to the active ingredient in MarVax™, the subunit protein vaccine of recombinantly expressed Marburg marburgvirus (MARV) glycoprotein, for “the prevention and post-exposure prophylaxis against MARV infection.”
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Mashup Score: 0Real World Evidence Supports Protein-based COVID-19 Vaccination - 28 day(s) ago
Protein-based Nuvaxovid vaccine delivers measurable protection
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Mashup Score: 0Costa Rica Confirms Whooping Cough Outbreak in Tibas - 28 day(s) ago
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social have begun investigating a potential outbreak of Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough) in the district of Tibas, located north of San Jose. This is the same area in Costa Rica where the MOH has reported chikungunya, dengue, malaria, and Zika cases in 2024.
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Mashup Score: 0Rabies Outbreak Reported By Timor-Leste - 28 day(s) ago
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued Disease Outbreak News (DON513) after confirming Timor-Leste’s first fatal human case of rabies by its Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry. As of late March 2024, 29 suspected rabies cases in humans exposed to dogs had been reported in Oecusse Municipality this year. The public health response is ongoing and includes dog vaccination and ensuring the availability of rabies vaccines and human rabies immunoglobulin.
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Mashup Score: 0Updated Bird Flu Prevention Recommendations Issued by the U.S. CDC - 1 month(s) ago
Although human infections with Avian Influenza HPAI A(H5N1) virus (Bird Flu) are rare, having unprotected exposure to any infected animal poses a risk of infection. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidelines on March 29, 2024, to prevent exposure to this virus. These guidelines include using personal protective equipment, testing, antiviral treatment, patient investigations, monitoring exposed individuals, and administering antiviral chemoprophylaxis to those who have been exposed.
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Mashup Score: 0Another Ebola Vaccine Found Safe and Effective - 1 month(s) ago
Vaccines to protect people against Zaire Ebolavirus outbreaks have been used during outbreaks over the past few years. According to the World Health Organization, two Ebola vaccines are available in 2024. A recent study has confirmed that the prime-boost Ebola vaccine regimen is safe and effective for children and adults.
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