infectious diseases

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The US will spend $500m to develop universal vaccines against multiple virus variants, while planned changes to testing rules are raising concerns.

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France's national public health agency has halted dosing of Valneva's chikungunya vaccine in older people while it investigates a safety signal.

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A second child has died of measles in the midst of an outbreak of cases that has now affected around 642 people in the US since January.

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The FDA has approved GSK's Blujepa, the first new-mechanism oral antibiotic for uncomplicated UTIs in nearly 30 years, after a priority review.

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Researchers in the US have devised a new depot system that could provide months or even years of delivery from a single subcutaneous injection.

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A sharp rise in measles cases in 2024 in Europe has led to widespread calls for a concerted effort to ramp up vaccination rates.