Australia Approves First Koala Chlamydia Vaccine for Field Use

Australia approves world’s first chlamydia vaccine for koalas

Australian researchers developed a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, which are at risk of infertility and death due to widespread chlamydia infections.

Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia. This disease causes infertility and death in the endangered species.

Australia Green Lights First Koala Chlamydia Vaccine

Australia has finally approved the world’s first-ever chlamydia vaccine for koalas after 10-plus years of research.

Great News, Everyone. There’s Finally a Chlamydia Vaccine for Koalas.

One of the funniest (and saddest) animal facts you can learn is that those cuddly, tree-dwelling, eucalyptus leaf-munching koalas are actually fuzzy little magnets for chlamydia. The STD rips through koala populations like wildfire—or at least it used to. An Australian university has developed a chlamydia vaccine specifically for koalas that might save the species. The University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC), located in Queensland, Australia, h…

Koalas Get A Shot At Survival As World-First Chlamydia Vaccine Gets Approval

One shot could save koalas from a deadly disease.

Australia Is Rolling Out A New Weapon To Battle Its Koala Chlamydia Epidemic

Koala Australia is the only place on the planet where koalas can be found in the wild, and there are a number of factors that have led to them being listed as endangered in the country. That includes the chlamydia epidemic that has ravaged the population, but there may be some hope on the horizon. There are a number of animals that are only native to Australia. Kanagaroos may have managed to cement themselves as the country’s unofficial symbol (…