One Shot, Big Shift – Brazil’s Homegrown Breakthrough Against Dengue

Send us Fan Mail It’s a rare piece of good news. A single-dose dengue vaccine developed in Brazil as part of an international collaboration protected people against at least two strains of the virus for five years or longer, and did so safely. The vaccine was already being tested across Brazil and the findings helped boost confidence in its use. “This is a big deal,” says Dr. Andre Siqueira, Head of the Dengue Global Program at the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDI). &...