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Promising News about Dengue Vaccine

Posted By: arehouse

Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 12:17 PM

New York Newsday reported today that there is promising news regarding a vaccine for Dengue Fever. Here is a link to the page that the article is on:

http://www.newsday.com/services/?eid=9e4338bf-87c4-475d-af04-a56ea9177be8&pnum=26
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 12:20 PM

Sorry, it says that I need to subscribe to see it. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />
Posted By: arehouse

Re: Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 12:32 PM

A similar article is here:

http://gizmodo.com/experimental-dengue-vaccine-protects-every-participant-1765439209
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 01:14 PM

Thanks for posting the link. Dengue I think is a much bigger issue worldwide than the new kids on the block, chick v and zika.
Posted By: arehouse

Re: Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 03:49 PM

The Newsday article states that since Dengue and Zika are the same family of virus, it may be easier to come up with a Zika vaccine.
Posted By: Carol_Hill

Re: Promising News about Dengue Vaccine - 03/17/2016 04:06 PM

That makes sense.
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