Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Philippines: Three deaths may be linked to dengue vaccinations

Philippine health officials said Friday that the deaths of three children injected with a Sanofi Pasteur dengue vaccine may have "causal association" to the inoculation, including two who may have died because the vaccine ...

Medications

Sanofi says it is cooperating with gov't on dengue vaccine

The manufacturer of a dengue fever vaccine that was suspended in the Philippines after a new study showed a greater risk of severe cases in people without previous infection said Monday it is working with authorities to address ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Philippines suspends world-first dengue vaccine (Update)

The Philippines said Friday it had suspended use of a landmark vaccine for the potentially deadly dengue virus after its manufacturer warned it could worsen the disease in some cases.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New dengue vaccine could worsen disease in some people

Drugmaker Sanofi says that its dengue vaccine, the world's first, should only be given to people who have previously been sickened by the virus, according to new long-term data.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Stopping the dengue threat

Improved disease surveillance at Australian ports and borders is needed to prevent the growing threat of dengue infection spreading across the country, with a new QUT study identifying potential risk factors linked to dengue ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Focus on dengue vision problems

The first insights into dengue virus damage to the eye start the work needed to combat one of the important side effects in the infectious disease's spread across the world.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

8 in 10 Indonesian children has been infected with dengue

Indonesia has one of the highest burdens of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus, in the world, and children account for many cases. Well over half of all children in urban areas are infected with dengue by the age of 5, ...

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