Pulse Headlines : reported that CDC warns yellow fever vaccine supply will run out by mid 2017

The CDC released a press statement claiming that recent manufacturing problems involving the only U.S.-licensed yellow fever vaccine will lead to a complete depletion of yellow fever vaccine available for the immunization of U.S. travelers. Sanofi Pasteur has submitted an application to the FDA to import an alternative yellow fever vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur France. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this Friday that the supplies of yellow fever vaccine are expected to run out this summer. They considered using a fractional yellow fever vaccine dosing, but it was quickly deemed a nonviable option as it would not be as effective. Yellow fever vaccine supply will run out by mid-2017Yellow fever can be prevented by a virus vaccine that produces neutralizing antibodies in between 80 and 100 percent of vaccines by 10 days after vaccination, the CDC said.

U.S. may run out of yellow fever vaccine next month

A person receives the yellow fever vaccine at a public health post in Caratinga, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on Jan. 13, 2017. (Photo: Douglas Magno, AFP/Getty Images)NEW YORK — Americans who need a yellow fever shot for travel may soon have a harder time getting it. The yellow fever virus is spread by the same mosquito that transmits other tropical diseases, including Zika. Yellow fever was wiped out in the U.S. over a century ago, and the shot is not part of routine vaccinations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that doses could run out as early as next month.

US to run out of yellow fever vaccine later this year

US to run out of yellow fever vaccine later this yearThe United States will run out of vaccine for yellow fever by mid-2017, US health officials. Presently, there are 4,000 clinics in the United States that stock YF-VAX, the only yellow fever vaccine licensed for use in the United States. Yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, and is common in 34 nations in Africa and 13 in Central and South America. The 250 US clinics that will stock the experimental vaccine were chosen because they "administered a high volume of yellow fever vaccine to international travelers in 2016 or can provide coverage to an area of geographic need," said the CDC. — AFP picNEW YORK, April 29 — The United States will run out of vaccine for yellow fever by mid-2017, and travelers may find it hard to get vaccinated until next year, US health officials said yesterday.


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