Measles vaccine in modified form also effective against Chikungunya virus

Vienna University. Austria: A modified, conventional measles vaccine has the potential to act against the Chikungunya virus. This is the result of a study at the University Clinic for Clinical Pharmacology of the MedUni Wien (Medical University of Vienna), which has now been published in the top journal "The Lancet Infectious Diseases". Up until now, there has been no effective vaccine against the Chikungunya virus and the associated feverish illness which can prove lethal, and is particularly prevalent in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Ethics of school-based immunisation programs examined

University of Adelaide (Australia) researchers and their government and industry partners have identified a range of ethical issues with high school-based immunisation programs in South Australia.