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Fewer children are being vaccinated than pre-COVID, WHO finds

The world has yet to catch up from a major drop in childhood immunisations during the COVID pandemic, according to new data.

15/07/2024

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Commission secures 40 million vaccines against avian flu pandemic

With outbreaks of avian influenza being reported in several countries across the world, the European Union has secured a batch of preventive vaccines to prepare for possible spread among humans.

11/06/2024

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Parents urged to vaccinate children amid rise in measles cases

Global measles cases could double in a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

30/04/2024

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EU health agency warns of increase in jab-preventable disease

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control stressed the rise in measles and pertussis cases across the EU and underlined the need to follow vaccination protocols.

23/04/2024

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Czechia sees record number of whooping cough cases since 1963

Czechia is struggling to contain a surge in cases of whooping cough, a highly infectious bacterial disease affecting the lungs and airways.

20/03/2024

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German man vaccinated for COVID 217 times had 'no side effects'

Doctors report a man from Germany has been vaccinated 217 against the COVID virus with no negative medical symptoms.

06/03/2024

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UK authorities urge parents to vaccinate children against measles

Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications such as meningitis, hearing loss, and even death.

12/02/2024

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Europe sees 'alarming' 30-fold increase in measles cases

With a "national incident" over measles in the UK, what’s the situation in Europe?

23/01/2024

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7,000 COVID hospitalisations and deaths in UK linked to vaccine uptake

The first ever UK-wide study involving 67 million people sheds light on what happened when COVID vaccinations were missed.

16/01/2024

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First vaccine for devastating disease with 75% mortality rate trialled

The first participants in a trial received doses of a vaccine for the Nipah virus - a disease with a mortality rate of up to 75 per cent.

11/01/2024

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What to know about rising cases of the '100-day cough' in the UK

Cases of the highly contagious disease have more than tripled in the UK, with experts urging pregnant women and children to get vaccinated.

17/12/2023

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UK health experts recommend chickenpox vaccine for kids

Most people catch chickenpox in childhood and tend to have a mild illness, but it can also occur in adults who have not previously been infected and tends to be more severe.

15/11/2023

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New cost-effective malaria vaccine gets green light from WHO

This is the second malaria vaccine to be recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

02/10/2023

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Measles outbreak could spread in Ukraine, exacerbated by war

Pre-war, Ukraine's immunisation rates were already low due to persistent vaccine scepticism. Combined with the disruption caused by the ongoing invasion, a new measles outbreak is possible this year.

20/07/2023

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Bird flu: how much of a risk is there for humans?

Bird populations have suffered massively from avian flu in recent years, but transmission to humans has so far been extremely rare

18/06/2023

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Scientists race to save endangered wild koalas from chlamydia

“It’s killing koalas because they become so sick they can’t climb trees to get food, or escape predators, and females can become infertile”

09/05/2023

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WHO launches bid to boost childhood vaccination disrupted by COVID

The initiative will boost vaccination in countries like Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines where millions missed their jabs in 2021.

28/04/2023

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Children's lives threatened by anti-vax myths, says UNICEF

Disruption caused by the pandemic, and subsequent anti-vaccine misinformation, have set global childhood vaccination campaigns back decades, putting millions of children's lives at risk, says UNICEF.

20/04/2023

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Air ‘gun’ could deliver vaccines and other medication painlessly

Could a puff of air one day replace the needle in delivering medicines and vaccines? These scientists are working on it.

27/03/2023

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'Anti-vaccine' nurse taken to court in Spain for faking childrens' jab

The nurse allegedly told parents their toddlers would be better off walking barefoot on grass than getting a tetanus jab.

03/03/2023