The Trump administration's FDA and CDC is advising U.S. patients using the drug Ixchiq to hold off while U.S. health ...

Hold off on inoculating people ages 60 and older against chikungunya infection with the Ixchiq vaccine, the FDA and CDC jointly recommended amidst an investigation into adverse events.

But the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a safety notice on May 9 recommending that adults over 60 years old pause use of the vaccine due to fatal complications.

The CDC began recommending Ixchiq last year for adults traveling to countries where chikungunya is common. The vaccine uses a ...

The CDC recommends the vaccine pause while it investigates “serious adverse events,” including neurologic and cardiac events.

The decision follows ongoing investigations into serious adverse events primarily reported in elderly individuals who ...

Due to an ongoing investigation of serious adverse events, it is recommended that the use of Ixchiq ® (chikungunya ... for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the Agencies, as ...

The FDA and CDC have also recommended pausing the use of Ixchiq in seniors 60 years and older while safety investigations are ...

On the heels of similar moves in France and the European Union, U.S. health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of ...

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk is teaming up with California-based biotech Septerna to develop new pills to treat obesity, ...