# World first: Koala gets life-changing two-shot chlamydia vaccine

> Ten months on from the huge news that a chlamydia vaccine had been approved for Australia's koala population, an 18-month-old female known as Bamse has become the first to receive the groundbreaking medicine in a new…

- **Source:** [Newatlas](https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/koala-chlamydia-vaccine-implant/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a63d8c9f4c52e43809bedf6)
- **Published:** 2026-07-24
- **Category:** Science
- **Tags:** #vaccine #chlamydia #koala #bamse #changing #gets #life #population
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