Vaccines and immunisation
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Neil Burdett, whose daughter Faye died a year ago, criticises failure to extend vaccine and unfulfilled promise of public campaign
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Final results from research conducted during the recent epidemic in west Africa indicate the drug will drastically reduce the severity of further outbreaks
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New vaccine trial in South Africa builds on previous RV144 study to bring in more effective prevention of infection
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Michael Gannon supports extending to high-school students the policy of compulsory provision of vaccination details
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At the Grand Challenges conference in London, innovations in refrigeration and sanitation are among those making a difference to global healthcare
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Dr Ming Te Lin allegedly told investigators he had been preparing alternative vaccinations for more than a decade
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Backlash from health experts and public forces organisers of Castlemaine film festival to pull discredited documentary
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Coverage for most routine childhood vaccinations at one and two years of age fell in 2015-16 for third consecutive year
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22-year old engineering student Will Broadway explains how his portable cooling device works to improve vaccine transportation in developing countries
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Occam's corner Why scientists are losing the fight to communicate science to the public
Richard P GrantScientists and science communicators are engaged in a constant battle with ignorance. But that’s an approach doomed to failure, says Richard P Grant -
It’s easy to blame a vaccine shortage, but new outbreaks are paradoxically a result of successful interventions that build up numbers of non-immune adults
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Young people are being urged to get vaccinated against meningitis W, but it’s not the only illness they’re likely to pick up
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Up to a quarter of under-25s carry bacteria that can cause meningitis, versus one in ten of the general population
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Government’s policy sees 5,700 immunise children and another 148,000 update vaccinations to avoid cuts of up to $15,000 a year
The long read Germ warfare: the battle for the key to modern vaccines