The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of the world’s first vaccine for chikungunya, which it sees as an “emerging global health threat”. The mosquito-borne disease causes fever and joint pains and can be fatal to newborns. The word comes from the African Makonde language and means “bent over in pain.”  The new […]

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