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US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» GENEVA: Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.
Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes
AFP, Published on 27/08/2020
» PARIS - For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.
How climate change could expose new epidemics
AFP, Published on 16/08/2020
» PARIS: Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika "season" in Europe.