What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

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The timetable for coronavirus vaccine is 18 months. Experts say that’s risky

By CNN,

Eighteen months might sound like a long time, but in vaccine years, it's a blink. That's the long end of the Trump administration's time window for...

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Philippines rejects dengue vaccine as outbreak leaves hundreds dead

By VOA,

The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world's first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the mosquito-borne diseas...

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Test wipes out over 80pc of disease-carrying mosquitoes

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In an experiment with global implications, Australian scientists have successfully wiped out more than 80percent of disease-carrying mosquitoes in tri...

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As Africa Warms, Mosquito Carrying Zika, Dengue More Likely to Thrive

By Citizen Reporter,

Dakar, Senegal-From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to withstand ...

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Congo declares end to worst yellow fever epidemic in decades

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Democratic Republic of Congo's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has ended two months after Angola declared its epidemic to be over, following a ...

Singapore says Zika infections spread, nearly 190 cases

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Singapore said on Friday it had found 38 more people who had contracted Zika, raising to 189 the number infected with the mosquito-borne virus since a...

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 Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

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Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many c...

UN Bungles Response to Africa’s Yellow Fever Outbreak

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The World Health Organization and its partners shipped more than 6 million yellow fever vaccines to Angola in February to quash an emerging epidemic, ...

Zika outbreak to end in 2 to 3 years, scientists predict

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The Zika outbreak rampaging through Latin America will likely burn itself out in the next two to three years, based on the fact that people develop im...

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Red Cross asks for 1.4 M dollars to fight Yellow Fever

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The Red Cross launched a $1.4 million emergency appeal Wednesday to fight the spread of yellow fever in Angola, which faces its worst outbreak in 30 y...

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Zika sex research begins despite funding impasse

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It could take years to learn how long men infected with Zika are capable of sexually transmitting the virus, which can cause crippling birth defects a...

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Congo launches Yellow Fever vaccination campaign

By VOA,

The Democratic Republic of Congo says it will begin a campaign in July 2016 to vaccinate 11.6 million people against yellow fever after an epidemic w...

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Congo declares yellow fever epidemic

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Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday declared a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces, including the capital Kinshasa, after confirming 67 cases ...

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Congo declares yellow fever epidemic, 1,000 suspected cases

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Democratic Republic of Congo declared a yellow fever epidemic in three provinces including the capital Kinshasa on Monday after confirming 67 cases of...

Fake vaccination papers let yellow fever spread in Angola

By Reuters,

The world's worst yellow fever outbreak in decades took hold in an Angolan slum because its early victims were Eritrean migrants whose false vaccinati...

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Zika Outbreaks Expected in Large Portion of Americas

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Some 500 million people in the Americas and the Caribbean are at risk of getting the Zika virus. So far, 37 countries and territories are reporting tr...

Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

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Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many c...

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Angola yellow fever outbreak exposes vaccine supply dilemma

By Reuters,

The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has killed 250 people in Angola and is straining global vaccine supplies, posing a dilemma for health offic...

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Factbox: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm

By Reuters,

Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many c...