Key PointsChikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne RNA virus first identified in Tanzania in the 1950s.Chikungunya is generally characterized by ...
Danie van der Lith SOUTH African livestock farmers in the Northern Cape are on high alert following the confirmation of a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in the Kakamas area near Augrabies Falls. The ...
The mRNA platform offers the advantage of faster vaccine production, which could allow more time to decide on which flu strains to cover.
The new trial, funded by Pfizer, compared the company’s mRNA shot to Fluzone, one of the most widely used seasonal flu ...