South African biotech Afrigen Biologics has secured a $6.2m grant from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop the first mRNA-based vaccine against Rift Valley fever.

have urged East African countries to create awareness and increase preparedness due to a potential outbreak of the Rift Valley Fever. The RVF warnings are predicted to be on the rise following the ...

I currently have 41 sheep, 53 goats and 20 cows which I keep as free range. The news of Rift Valley Fever outbreak in parts of the country are worrying me. In 2006, I lost a number of animals to ...

By Gift Briton Global efforts for a Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine accelerate as South Africa’s Afrigen Biologics begins local development of mRNA vaccine.With no vaccine approved for human use yet, ...

Valley Fever, or coccidioidomycosis, is a fungus that develops below the undisturbed surface of soils in hot, dry areas in the western United States. The fungus, when inhaled in dust, can cause ...

Other diseases that kill animals or force massive culling across geographical borders, causing losses of millions of animals and huge economic costs, include the Rift Valley fever; African swine fever ...

Residents in Hurricane are not just concerned about the inconvenience, disruption and mess of construction blasting close to residential areas, but also the pot ...

Separately, the Central African Republic's Health Ministry declared 12 suspected cases of Rift Valley fever on Thursday. These cases were reported in the northwestern sub-prefecture of Ngaoundaye ...