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WHO Approves Updated Cholera Vaccine to Combat Surge in Cases

Fox News | Vaccination

WHO Approves Updated Cholera Vaccine to Combat Surge in Cases

“The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global vaccine stockpile and left poorer countries scrambling to contain epidemics.

WHO authorized the vaccine, made by EuBiologics, which also makes the formulation now used, last week. The new version, called Euvichol-S, is a simplified formula that uses fewer ingredients, is cheaper, and can be made more quickly than the old version.

The vaccine was shown to be help preventing the diarrheal disease in late stage research conducted in Nepal.”

From Fox News.

BBC | Vaccination

World-First Gonorrhoea Vaccine Launched by NHS England

“England will be the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea.

It will not be available for everyone. The focus will mainly be on gay and bisexual men with a history of multiple sexual partners or an STI.

The vaccine is 30-40% effective, but NHS England hopes it will reverse soaring numbers of infections.

There were more than 85,000 cases in 2023 – the highest since records began in 1918.”

From BBC.

Science | Vaccination

Vampire Bats’ Grooming Helps Spread Innovative Rabies Vaccine

“For farmers in Latin America, vampire bats live up to their dark reputation. Their bites weaken cows and open the way for infections. Worst of all, the rabies they sometimes carry can kill livestock and, occasionally, people as well. Now scientists have developed an innovative way to vaccinate the bats against the virus—by making use of their extraordinary fondness of mutual grooming.

In a study published as a biorXiv preprint on 12 June, researchers showed that after they applied an oral vaccine in the form of a thick gel to the fur of some members of a colony of common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), mutual licking helped spread the vaccine rapidly through the population.”

From Science.

Gavi | Vaccination

Immunization Effort to Avert over 605,000 Cervical Cancer Deaths

“By 2023, Gavi had worked with over 40 countries to provide the HPV vaccine to 23.7 million girls. This massive immunisation effort is projected to avert over 605,000 future deaths from cervical cancer, a testament to the vaccine’s life-saving potential.

In 2023 alone, Gavi-supported countries vaccinated more than 14 million girls – more than the total number vaccinated in the previous decade combined. Thanks to an unprecedented scale-up of vaccine introductions, dedicated investment and expanded access since 2023, Gavi is on track to reach its ambitious goal of protecting 86 million girls with the HPV vaccine by 2025, a milestone that is expected to prevent more than 1.4 million future cervical cancer deaths.”

From Gavi.

Our World in Data | Vaccination

Measles Vaccines Save Millions of Lives Each Year

“Measles used to be an extremely common disease. Just sixty years ago, over 90% of children would have been infected by it, and of those who developed symptoms, around a quarter would be hospitalized.

The United States alone had around three to four million cases annually, leading to tens of thousands of hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each year.

However, in 1963, John Enders developed the first effective measles vaccine. Vaccination efforts ramped up rapidly in richer countries, and in the 1970s and 1980s, they were scaled up worldwide.

In just the last fifty years, it’s estimated that measles vaccinations have prevented over ninety million deaths worldwide. Two to three million people would die from measles every year without them.”

From Our World in Data.