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Nipah Virus: Historical Perspective, Public Health Threat, and Progress in Vaccine Development Amid Global Inequities
Nipah Virus Overview Nipah virus (Henipavirus nipahense, NiV) is a zoonotic, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus in the genus Henipavirus, family Paramyxoviridae.
First identified in...
COVID-19 Vaccines: Debunking Myths, Understanding Risks, and Reinforcing the Reality of Protection
Introduction Between 2020 and 2024, global COVID-19 vaccination efforts are estimated to have averted 2.5 million deaths (range, 1.4–4.0 million) and saved 15 million life-years...
Why Every Newborn Needs the Hepatitis B Vaccine at Birth—and the Dangers of Not Vaccinating
Introduction: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the leading cause of chronic viral hepatitis and is a major contributor to acute and chronic liver disease worldwide....
Tuberculosis: The Never-Ending Epidemic
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s leading infectious killer and a major driver of antimicrobial resistance. Nearly one-quarter of the global population is infected with...
Understanding the Antivaccine Movement: Sentiments, Hesitancy, Misinformation, and Strategies for Evidence-Based Communication
Introduction Between 1974 and 2024, vaccination is estimated to have prevented 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children under the age of 5, of...
Infectious Diseases, Cancer, and the Power of Vaccination
Introduction: Scientific interest in the etiological links between infectious diseases and cancer has been steadily increasing for several reasons: A growing number of neoplasms have...
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the 100 Days Mission for a Vaccine in a Future Pandemic
The Spanish flu of 1918 was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, claiming about 50 million lives worldwide. This event remains a cornerstone...
The increasing threat of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, the WHO’s Global Arbovirus Initiative, and Vaccination
Introduction: Arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses) are a group of viruses transmitted to humans through the bites of infected arthropods—primarily mosquitoes, but also ticks, fleas, and gnats....
Meningococcal Disease and Vaccination
Introduction: Meningococcal disease (MD) was first documented in 1805 by Swiss physician Gaspard Vieusseux who described a fiѐvre cérébrale maligne non contagieuse”(non-contagious malignant cerebral fever....
