Pausing chikungunya vaccination and accelerated approval

JAMA

2025-06-05

(Press-News.org) About The Article: This Viewpoint, by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, and colleagues discusses a safety communication recommending a pause in the use of live attenuated chikungunya virus vaccine.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, email vinayak.prasad@fda.gov.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2025.9393)

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