The FDA and CDC recommended a pause for Ixchiq, a chikungunya vaccine, following reports of adverse events in recipients 60 ...

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

Adults over the age of 60 are recommended not to get the chikungunya vaccine to prevent the mosquito-borne illness due to two ...

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

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

The FDA and CDC recommended a pause in administering Ixchiq, a chikungunya vaccine, in adults ages 60 and above after 17 serious adverse events, including two deaths.  About 80,000 Ixchiq doses have ...

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an advisory urging American travellers over the age of 60 years ...

Chikungunya is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female mosquitoes, particularly Aedes aegypti and Aedes ...

U.S. health officials are telling travelers aged 60 and older to avoid a chikungunya vaccine while they investigate possible ...

Reports of severe adverse events in some people who received the chikungunya vaccine have spurred regulators in Europe and ...

FDA and CDC recommend halting Ixchiq vaccine use in adults 60 and older after reports of serious adverse events, including ...

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