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US panel scraps hepatitis B vaccine guidance for newborns
Reuters, Published on 06/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - US vaccine advisers have scrapped a long-standing recommendation that all American newborns receive the hepatitis B shot, a major policy win for health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr that disease experts say will reverse decades of public health gains.
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
US approves maternal vaccine to prevent RSV in infants
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies.
UK unveils $3bn backing for Ukraine reconstruction
AFP, Published on 21/06/2023
» LONDON - The UK will back Ukraine's economy to the tune of $3 billion over the next three years while it fights back against Russian forces, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Tuesday.
US issues world's first approval of RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness.
US approves world's first RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved GSK's Arexy vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which can cause severe pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants and the elderly.
Sanofi, joining other drug makers, slashes US insulin price
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» NEW YORK - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Thursday it would cut the US price of its most prescribed insulin by 78 percent, falling in line with two other major drug makers.
US drugmaker Eli Lilly says slashing insulin prices
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» NEW YORK - US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it would cut the cost of its insulin by 70 percent, with President Joe Biden calling on others to follow suit to tackle soaring drug prices.
EU watchdog backs Sanofi Covid booster jab
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - The EU on Thursday approved a Covid booster vaccine by French drug maker Sanofi and Britain's GSK after it gave positive results against the Omicron variant in trials.
A year of Covid jabs, but treatments lag behind
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» PARIS: After a year of vaccines aimed at preventing Covid, treatments for people infected with the virus are few, with most restricted to hospital use and extremely pricey.