Vaccination

Kazakhstan to roll out first locally produced Sputnik vaccine

Kazakhstan will be the first country in the world to locally produce Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, after a pharmaceutical company received government authorisation to make the jab, the company said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Meningitis outbreak declared at Canada university

Officials launched a meningitis vaccination campaign at a Canadian university Friday after detecting two cases of the infection, health authorities said.

Pediatrics

16 candles? Time for your meningitis shot, Molly Ringwald says

Leslie Maier lost her son, Chris, to meningococcal meningitis more than 15 years ago, but by telling his story she hopes to educate other parents about this rare but potentially deadly illness that a vaccine can prevent.

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