Professor Rino Rappuoli is a renowned Italian vaccinologist and microbiologist whose pioneering work has helped transform modern vaccine development. He is Scientific Director of the Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena, where he leads efforts to strengthen preparedness against future pandemics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), among other initiatives.

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A summary of the latest News & Alerts in the fields of vaccinology, vaccines, vaccination, and vaccine-preventable diseases. We curate the latest information on regulatory updates, emerging trends, breakthroughs in vaccine technology, vaccine safety and efficacy, global immunization developments and outbreak alerts, as a resource to keep our community informed.

Latest impactful scientific publications that stand out for their potential bearing on healthcare. We introduce groundbreaking research findings, innovative treatment modalities, results from phase 1 to 3 vaccine clinical trials, or paradigm-shifting discoveries that redefine our understanding of infectious diseases and therapeutic approaches for all vaccine-preventable diseases.

Nearly 50 years after the first recognized Ebola outbreaks in 1976, Ebola virus disease (EVD) remains one of the world’s most feared infectious diseases....

Influenza remains one of the world’s most important vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases, causing substantial morbidity and mortality every year despite the availability of safe and...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is responsible for regulating vaccine use in the United States. The general stages...

Vaccines represent one of humanity’s greatest public health achievements. Since the establishment of the World Health Organization’s Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in 1974, vaccination has saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past five decades, making immunization one of the most successful public health interventions in history.1