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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Cyprus lifts lockdown with COVID 'safety pass'

Cyprus on Monday will exit a third partial lockdown with a new coronavirus "safety pass" system to allow people to move freely.

May 9, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Link between vaccines and allergies dismissed

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, having compared the development of allergies in children with and without the recommended vaccinations, find no support for the claim that childhood vaccination can increase ...

Nov 7, 2018

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Gibraltar in new lockdown as virus cases soar

Gibraltar on Saturday imposed a second lockdown to slow soaring rate of virus cases, just days after a landmark deal to ensure post-Brexit fluidity along its border with Spain.

Jan 2, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Niger unveils measles vaccination plan for 4 million children

Niger launched a campaign on Friday to vaccinate more than four million children against measles, one of the biggest causes of child mortality in the country, the health ministry said.

Sep 13, 2019

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Scientists urge governments to provide anthrax vaccine funding amid West Africa outbreak

As Ghana and Nigeria grapple with outbreaks of anthrax, scientists say governments must prioritize funds for vaccination to prevent a re-emergence of the disease across West Africa.

Aug 18, 2023

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Health

Viewpoint: How anti-vaccine misinformation hampers the conversation about genuine vaccine injuries

MP Andrew Bridgen was suspended from the Conservative party on January 11 for persistent misinformation about COVID vaccines, including numerous false claims around their safety. The final straw appears to have been his comments ...

Jan 13, 2023

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Chad reports new cases of vaccine-derived polio

Dozens of polio cases have been detected in Chad just months after the UN declared the disease eradicated in Africa, but the government and World Health Organization said Friday that the infections were a vaccine-derived ...

Nov 13, 2020

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Britain passes 500,000 coronavirus cases

The United Kingdom passed 500,000 confirmed coronavirus infections on Sunday, official figures showed, in the latest grim milestone for the European country worst-hit by the pandemic.

Oct 5, 2020

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British government's failure to offer HPV catch-up vaccinations to older boys discriminatory, says health economist

Professor Giampiero Favato is a health economist and director of doctoral programmes at Kingston University's Business School. His research assessing the cost and benefits of a gender-neutral human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination ...

Apr 1, 2019

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