The chikungunya virus virus-like particle vaccine is well tolerated and shows high immunogenicity in both previous recipients ...

A disabling mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya has killed two elderly people in the French Indian Ocean island of La ...

Vimkunya™ (chikungunya vaccine, recombinant) is now available in the US for the prevention of disease caused by chikungunya ...

Chikungunya cases have spiked substantially in La Réunion since early 2025, with 8,600 cases recorded and almost 3,000 new cases during the week of March 3 to 9, 2025 1. Similar to the 2005-2006 ...

Valneva will work with local health authorities and wholesalers on the French island territory to distribute the vaccines.

Vimkunya is supplied as an injectable suspension; the vaccine is administered intramuscular as a single 0.8mL dose. Vimkunya ™ (chikungunya vaccine, recombinant) is now available in the US for ...

A preliminary study has found that efavirenz — a non-nucleoside inhibitor of HIV virus that is used for treating HIV/AIDS — can be repurposed for the treatment of chikungunya. Currently ...

CNN has reached out to the CDC for comment. Chikungunya virus is typically spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. Most adults don’t receive the vaccine; it is sometimes ...

A mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya has killed two elderly people on France's Reunion Island, local authorities said on Friday. An 86-year-old and a 96-year-old died last week from the virus, ...