Recent studies have shown convincingly that vaccines against shingles (Herpes zoster) reduce the risk of dementia.

At the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on Monday (June 16), Trump said Iran wants to talk about de-escalating hostilities with Israel, and should do so "immediately before it's too late." EXCLUSIVE: ...

The World Health Organization approved anti-malaria vaccine, R-21, in 2023. Children in Ivory Coast were the first to receive the vaccine in July of 2024. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org ...

In July, the Ivory Coast administered the first doses of the R21/Matrix-M vaccine, the world’s second malaria vaccine, months after Cameroon kickstarted a wider rollout of the world’s first ...

Vaccines against malaria, like this dose being prepared by a health care worker in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on July 15, 2024, are among the most promising tools being used to eliminate malaria. Two ...

Earlier this year, Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo also began using the vaccine. Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have trialled another malaria vaccine - RTS,S.

Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and the Central African Republic are among the West African countries that have authorised a malaria vaccine in recent months.

The World Health Organization approved anti-malaria vaccine, R-21, in 2023. Children in Ivory Coast were the first to receive the vaccine in July of 2024.

What are the new malaria vaccines? RTS,S. Approved by the WHO in 2021, the vaccine was developed over thirty years by British drugmaker GSK and the U.S. army.

Having launched in the Ivory Coast and South Sudan, targeted at children under three, the vaccine roll-out will expand to a further 15 countries in Africa – including the Central African ...

Roll-out of R21 malaria vaccine began in Ivory Coast on 15 July 2024 (Image credit: Sia Kamou/AFP via Getty Images) By The Week UK published 23 July 2024 ...