Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 prevented 2.533 million deaths globally between 2020 and 2024; one death was prevented for every 5,400 vaccine doses administered.
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday there was a serious risk that the chikungunya virus would cause a major epidemic worldwide and called for urgent action to prevent that scenario.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new prefilled syringe formulation of Shingrix (shingles vaccine, recombinant, adjuvanted) for the prevention of shingles (herpes zoster).
In 2024, 89% of infants worldwide – about 115 million – will have received at least one dose of a vaccine containing diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP), and 85% – about 109 million – will have completed the full three-dose course.
Emergency vaccinations during outbreaks of diseases such as cholera, Ebola and measles have reduced deaths from these diseases by nearly 60% over the past quarter century, according to a new study.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to step up monitoring for bird flu after the first case was detected in a child in the United States.
The number of new HIV infections last year was the lowest since the late 1980s, the United Nations said Tuesday, but the pace of decline remains too slow.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved UCB's Bimzelx (bimekizumab-bkzx) to treat adults with moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa.
