Could mosquitoes deliver vaccines against malaria? | Health News
Mosquitoes are usually associated with serious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever. However, researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Radboud…
Could RFK Jr, Trump’s presumptive health secretary, ban vaccines? | US Election 2024 News
When President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of the nation’s most prominent anti-vaccine movement leaders, to lead the Health…
Mandatory vaccines considered as part of Stormont consultation
PAHealth Minister Mike Nesbitt says he is not personally in favour of mandatory vaccinesNorthern Ireland's Department of Health (DoH) is consulting on potential new laws…
Mpox crisis: Why do African countries struggle to make or buy vaccines? | Health News
After months of delay due to logistics, the first sets of mpox vaccines have finally begun arriving in Democratic Republic of the Congo, donated by…
DR Congo receives first shipment of mpox vaccines | Health
NewsFeedThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has received its first batch of mpox vaccines, which health authorities hope will help curb an outbreak that has…
Polio vaccines do not protect children from bombs, says Gaza mother | Israel-Palestine conflict
NewsFeedDoctors say the vaccination campaign against polio in Gaza is going well, but parents are left wondering how to protect their children from the threat…
First children in Gaza given polio vaccines a day before planned UN rollout | Israel-Palestine conflict News
WHO says that the official larger vaccine rollout, which aims to reach 640,000 children, will begin on Sunday.Several children in Gaza have been given polio…
DR Congo no longer expects to receive mpox vaccines this week | Health News
DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads.The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no…
Europe’s health agency urges EU member states to donate mpox vaccines
European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides Thursday urged EU member states to mobilize mpox vaccine donations to Africa. Mpox is both an…
Could new vaccines end malaria in Africa? | News
After decades of research and trials, a groundbreaking malaria vaccine is being rolled out across West Africa in a major attempt to eliminate the disease…