MANILA, Philippines The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded the coverage of the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine program to fast-track the inoculation of and protect more pigs nationwide. Arnel De Mesa, Agriculture assistant secretary and s
WASHINGTON, United States — Donald Trump on Thursday tapped anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his secretary of health in the latest provocative nomination from the incoming Republican president. Trump annou
COPENHAGENgemdisco, Denmark — Danish drugmaker Bavarian Nordic said Wednesday it had signed a contract to supply 440,000 doses of its mpox vaccine to an "undisclosed European country". The World Health Organization (WHO) last week de
GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the spread of a more dangerous strain of the virus. The WHO on Wednesday declared the mpox surge a public healt
GENEVA, Switzerland — There are no more oral cholera vaccines left in the global stockpile, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the shortage jeopardizing work to stop the disease's spread. Global vaccine production is operating
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile has launched a vaccine described as the first of its kind that sterilizes dogs for a year and is expected to be sold in several dozen countries. The injection prevents sexual behavior and reproduction, offering an
Franchesco, accompanied by his owner Ivan Gutierrez (L), is examined by veterinarian Mariela del Saz before being sterilized with a vaccine created by Dr. Leonardo Saenz, an academic at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Chile (
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2024-09-27At first glance, what happened in Tennessee’s legislature this spring seemed a bit odd. Republican lawmakers introduced a bill to ban solar geoengineering — putting aerosols into the atmosphere to block some of the radiation from the sun. As climate
The World Health Organization has given its authorization to a first vaccine to protect against mpoxmansion, a decision announced in such haste on Friday that it caught even the head of the company that makes the vaccine by surprise. The vaccine, ma