Posted on 11/11/2023 3:59:31 PM PST by Libloather
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced its approval of Ixchiq, the first chikungunya vaccine.
The vaccine, which is made by Valneva, is approved for anyone age 18 and older who has a risk of being exposed to the virus.
The chikungunya virus is transmitted to people through bites from infected mosquitoes.
"This virus is in a similar category as dengue or Zika and is carried by the same mosquitoes," noted Dr. Marc Siegel, clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and a Fox News medical contributor.
The FDA described chikungunya as an "emerging global health threat," with at least five million cases reported over the past 15 years.
"Infection with chikungunya virus can lead to severe disease and prolonged health problems, particularly for older adults and individuals with underlying medical conditions," said Peter Marks, M.D., PhD, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a press release on Thursday.
"Today’s approval addresses an unmet medical need and is an important advancement in the prevention of a potentially debilitating disease with limited treatment options," he also said.
Before the FDA’s approval, the vaccine’s safety was tested in clinical trials that included 3,500 adults.
Participants most commonly reported headache, muscle pain, fatigue, joint pain, nausea, fever and tenderness at the injection site as side effects.
A small share of recipients (1.6%) experienced adverse reactions, with two of the recipients needing to be hospitalized, per the FDA’s release.
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Agree.
Gee, I hope one of the side effects isn’t mail in ballots
+1
5.56mm
Is it related to the Zika virus that we don’t hear about any more?
That name sounds like chickengonnagetya virus. 🐓
At this point maybe an asteroid would be quicker.
Bitten by one of those “special” Bill Gates GMO mosquitoes?
So, Bill pervert Gates supports depopulation, funds mosquito production, promotes vaccinations, and now there’s a virus spreading through mosquitoes and lucky us, there’s a new vaccine to go with it…
Jinx! I “beat” you by 10 seconds. :-) :-/
You gotta hand it to Big Pharma, they can cook up more viruses and pandemics than ever before.
Is it related to the Zika virus that we don’t hear about any more?
How good is it on MonkeyPox?
Yup ... I saw that ..
perhaps we are part of a quantum entanglement ...
spooky action at a distance.
Thought they had been releasing gmo mosquitoes that would kill female mosquitoes before they reached egg laying age or some such.
After so many lies, I do not trust any new “vaccine”.
No.
I think I'll pass.
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