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Measles is back and we can defeat it!
What to know about measles Measles is one of the most contagious diseases of humans. Estimates suggest nine out of 10 nonimmune people exposed to...
The Future of Pertussis Vaccination
Pertussis is a highly infectious respiratory disease, and even though vaccination has been globally implemented since the 1940s, we are far from elimination, and...
Yellow Fever Hits Brazil Once Again (2025)
Background Yellow Fever (YF) is a mosquito-borne viral disease endemic to tropical and subtropical regions in Africa and the Americas. Infection with yellow fever virus...
Why Vaccinate Travelers?
The primary goal of vaccination is to immunize susceptible individuals against a pathogen, preventing outcomes that range from asymptomatic infection (with the potential for...
Vaccination: A Story of Success and Ongoing Challenges, 50 Years After the Launch of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)
A. Introduction: In the late 18th century, Edward Jenner pioneered what immunologists refer to as “active immunization,” a process in which administering an antigen stimulates...
Vaccination as a tool to decrease antimicrobial resistance
Since the introduction of penicillin, bacteria have gradually developed mechanisms to resist its effects. To date, hundreds of antibacterial agents have been developed, and...
“Sewage surveillance: a distinct field of science, and an essential tool for pandemic preparedness”
Public health surveillance has traditionally focused on actual cases, either retrospectively through passive surveillance or prospectively through active surveillance. While sewage surveillance has historically...
Mpox: a dangerous game of clades and vaccine inequity
The monkeypox virus (MPXV) was discovered in 1958, following two outbreaks of a pox-like disease in colonies of monkeys kept for research purposes. Despite...
Avian Influenza, a global threat
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed our society's vulnerability to a novel pathogen capable of causing a potentially devastating pandemic. Accordingly, global preparedness is essential. Since November...
Vaccine against Chikungunya: good news, a vaccine has been aproved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Recently, a phase 3 clinical trial published at The Lancet showed high immunogenicity and good safety profile of a one shot of a live...
