Vaccination

Annual national flu vaccination programme kicks off in England

Four-year-old children in England are being offered a free influenza vaccination on the NHS for the first time as part of the annual national programme.…

Researchers find HPV vaccination provides long-term protection

New research suggests that vaccination against the high-risk human papilloma virus types 16 and 18 offers long-lasting protection.…

A visual guide to the Ebola virus epidemic

As the 2014 Ebola virus epidemic continues to escalate, we chart the latest epidemiological data alongside an insight into the pathology of Ebola virus disease and the biological processes being targeted by drug and vaccine developers.…

TLR5 and gut micro-organisms involved in influenza vaccine response, research suggests

Researchers identify a correlation between toll-like receptor 5 expression shortly after vaccination and the subsequent magnitude of the antibody response.…

UK considers adding boys to HPV vaccination programme

Public health authorities are considering whether boys should receive the HPV vaccine.…

Public health nurses to supply medicines in emergencies, agency proposes

Some 300 nurses employed by Public Health England may be authorised to supply and administer vaccines and other medicines during outbreaks of infectious diseases. …

Nepal adopts inactivated polio vaccine

Nepal is to become the country to incorporate inactivated polio vaccine into routine childhood vaccination programmes with the support of GAVI.…

Report finds ‘dramatic’ reduction in the number of childhood deaths between 1990 and 2013

The number of deaths among children under five years of age fell by 49% worldwide between 1990 and 2013, according to Unicef, the World Health Organization and the World Bank.…

Measles vaccine suspected of adulteration linked to the deaths of 15 children in Syria

At least 15 children have died in Syria during a measles vaccination programme after a muscle relaxant, atracurium, was believed to have been added to the vaccine instead of diluents. …

First UK volunteer receives experimental Ebola vaccine

An experimental Ebola vaccine has been tested in the first healthy UK volunteer, as part of a phase I clinical trial being conducted at the University of Oxford. …