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Vaccine and outbreak news – week 5, 2026

North America – Politics First, Evidence Second US vaccine policy spent the week in committee rooms and courtrooms, as reforms to ACIP processes and federal advisory structures drew fire from professional societies and...

4 February, 2026

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ViVa breaking news: Global vaccine updates – 23 December 2025

Europe On 11 December 2025, EMA’s CHMP recommended granting marketing authorisation in the EU for mNexspike, an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine targeting the LP.8.1 variant for the 2025–26 season, adding another option to the...

24 December, 2025

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The global vaccine market 2024-2025

According to the WHO Global Vaccine Market Report 2024 and supporting financial data from major pharmaceutical rankings and peer-reviewed analyses, the following twelve companies accounted for the most global human...

21 October, 2025

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Mpox: African scientists at the forefront of a global health crisis

For decades, mpox, a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus, has posed a persistent public health challenge in parts of Central and West Africa, where it is endemic. Despite its impact, the disease remained...

2 October, 2024

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Global Health Cast Edition 73

Seventy-third Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Download the PDF here.🔒 Premium Content - For FreeUnlock this content by becoming a Global Health Press subscriber. Join...

12 August, 2024

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African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases – a giant step

Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and...

19 May, 2023

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Republic of Tanzania declares Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) Outbreak

On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Bukoba district, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. Cumulatively, eight confirmed cases...

30 March, 2023

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Lassa virus endemic area may expand dramatically in coming decades

New analysis by scientists at Scripps Research and University of Brussels finds that climate change and other factors could soon make deadly Lassa fever a much bigger public health problem in Africa In the study, which...

29 September, 2022

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mRNA HIV vaccine candidate launches first-in-Africa study

The nonprofit scientific research organization IAVI and Massachusetts-based Moderna, Inc. recently announced that a Phase I clinical trial of an mRNA HIV vaccine antigen (mRNA-1644) will soon launch at the Center for...

23 May, 2022

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Noma, a neglected tropical disease?

Noma is also known as necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis or cancrum oris, a severely debilitating orofacial infection. It has been known for centuries and was already reported by Hippocrates and other physicians of the...

30 March, 2022

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