Australia approves first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: A koala chews eucalyptus leaves at an animal park in Sydney September 26, 2008. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a move that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered marsupial.

The single-dose vaccine is now ready to be used nationally at wildlife hospitals, clinics and in the field.

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