FDA Suspends License for Ixchiq Chikungunya Vaccine

The FDA suspended the license for the live-attenuated chikungunya vaccine, citing reports of serious adverse events ...

AUGUST 26, 2025

FDA Lifts Pause on Ixchiq Chikungunya Vaccine in People 60 and Up

The Ixchiq chikungunya vaccine is now available for people 60 years of age and older, after the FDA had paused all ...

AUGUST 7, 2025

AE Reports Prompt FDA, CDC to Hit Pause on Ixchiq Vaccine

The FDA and CDC recently issued a joint advisory statement recommending a pause in the use of the Ixchiq ...

MAY 15, 2025

ACIP Recommends Bavarian Nordic’s Chikungunya Vaccine

The ACIP voted to recommend the Vimkunya vaccine for certain populations. However, the CDC has not acted yet on ...

APRIL 25, 2025

Chikungunya Epidemic Continues to Spread on Reunion Island

An outbreak of chikungunya continues to spread on the French island of Reunion with more than 5,832 confirmed ...

APRIL 4, 2025

Chikungunya Fever Can Lead to RA

A significant proportion of patients with chikungunya fever develop rheumatoid arthritis following infection, ...

APRIL 1, 2025

Bavarian Nordic Launches Chikungunya Vaccine

The new chikungunya vaccine, recombinant (Vimkunya, Bavarian Nordic A/S), the first VLP single-dose, prefilled ...

MARCH 18, 2025

FDA Approves First Chikungunya Vaccine for People as Young as 12 Years of Age

The FDA approved the Vimkunya (Bavarian Nordic), the first virus-like particle single-dose vaccine in the United ...

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

ACIP Recommends Chikungunya Vaccine for Certain Travelers and Laboratory Workers

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended the chikungunya vaccine for use in ...

MARCH 1, 2024

The FDA Approves Ixchiq Chikungunya Vaccine

The FDA approved a single-dose, live-attenuated chikungunya virus (CHIKV) vaccine (Ixchiq, Valneva) to prevent the ...

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

WHO Global Arbovirus Initiative

WASHINGTON—A new global initiative, led by the World Health Organization, is focused on both emerging and ...

JANUARY 11, 2023

One Step Closer to Halting the Spread of Zika, Dengue, Chikungunya

A mathematical model can help predict when people are at greatest risk for contracting mosquito-borne viruses, ...

JULY 24, 2017