US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: a major breakthrough in global health

Chikungunya, which causes fever and severe joint pain, is commonly seen in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, and parts of the Americas. “However, chikungunya virus has spread to new geographic areas, increasing the global spread of the disease,” the FDA said, adding that more than five million cases have been reported over […]

Chikungunya outbreak

Chikungunya is a dengue like viral disease, which is also transmitted by aedes mosquitoes. Symptoms of the disease resemble dengue. In this case one suffers from fever which lasts for two to five days and it is followed by pain of the joints and muscles, platelet count is not decreased like dengue and nausea with […]