Brazil suspends dengue vaccine following two deaths

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Brazil suspends dengue vaccine following two deaths

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil said Monday it was temporarily suspending use of the world’s first single-dose dengue vaccine following two suspicious deaths. More than half a million people have received doses of the vaccine this year, which was developed publicly in Brazil and approved by health authorities in November. It is the first single-dose inoculation against the mosquito-borne dengue virus, which can cause high fever, headaches, muscle pain, nausea and rashes and in rare cases is fatal. READ: Dengue spreads fast in Brazil prompting emergency health measures Of the 501,044 people vaccinated between January and May, 3,703 — 0.7 […]... Keep on reading: Brazil suspends dengue vaccine following two deaths

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