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Increase In Dengue Cases In Southeast Asia Due To Warm Weather: Experts
Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains.
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Trouble Mounts For Dengue Vaccine Over Safety Concerns
The World Health Organization said on Monday it hopes to review safety data on Sanofi's dengue vaccine this month, while the Philippines ordered an investigation of its now suspended massive immunization programme after the French drugmaker said it could actually worsen the disease in some cases.
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Philippines Launches World's First Mass Dengue Vaccination
The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world's first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that the World Health Organization estimates infects 390 million people a year globally.
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Sanofi Gets Philippines Approval to Market Dengue Prevention Vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, on Wednesday said the Food and Drug Administration of Philippines has granted marketing approval to its Dengvaxia vaccine to be licensed for the prevention of dengue in Asia.
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Philippines The First Asian Country To Clear Dengue Vaccine
The Philippines became the first Asian country on Tuesday to approve the sale of the world's first-ever dengue vaccine.
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Increase In Dengue Cases In Southeast Asia Due To Warm Weather: Experts
Hundreds dead in the Philippines; a threefold increase of cases in Vietnam; hospitals overrun in Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia -- dengue is ravaging Southeast Asia this year due in part to rising temperatures and low immunity to new strains.
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Trouble Mounts For Dengue Vaccine Over Safety Concerns
The World Health Organization said on Monday it hopes to review safety data on Sanofi's dengue vaccine this month, while the Philippines ordered an investigation of its now suspended massive immunization programme after the French drugmaker said it could actually worsen the disease in some cases.
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Philippines Launches World's First Mass Dengue Vaccination
The Philippines on Monday launched the first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million schoolchildren the world's first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that the World Health Organization estimates infects 390 million people a year globally.
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Sanofi Gets Philippines Approval to Market Dengue Prevention Vaccine
Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, on Wednesday said the Food and Drug Administration of Philippines has granted marketing approval to its Dengvaxia vaccine to be licensed for the prevention of dengue in Asia.
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Philippines The First Asian Country To Clear Dengue Vaccine
The Philippines became the first Asian country on Tuesday to approve the sale of the world's first-ever dengue vaccine.
