U.K. health officials on Monday urged millions of parents to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots during a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest vaccination rates in a decade.
Mar 27, 2024
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Measles used to be a common childhood illness years ago. At the beginning of this century, measles had been declared eliminated from the country. But now, measles, one of the most contagious diseases to spread, is returning ...
Mar 27, 2024
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The use of mobile clinics to deliver COVID-19 vaccines can significantly increase vaccination uptake. Research by Wageningen University & Research, conducted in rural communities in Sierra Leone and published today in Nature, ...
Mar 13, 2024
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A new study co-authored by a University of Massachusetts Amherst economist reveals the value of government vaccine recommendations to drugmakers, as well as potential benefits of advertising pharmaceuticals directly to consumers—a ...
Mar 12, 2024
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"You don't count your children until the measles has passed." Dr. Samuel Katz, one of the pioneers of the first measles vaccine in the late 1950s to early 1960s, regularly heard this tragic statement from parents in countries ...
Mar 3, 2024
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Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.
Feb 29, 2024
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During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in crisis management mode. Decisions had to be made faster than usual, and there was limited ability to undertake wider consultation and impact analysis.
Feb 28, 2024
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with partners in the Horizon Europe EuCARE project, have shown that the reduced mortality from COVID-19 is not necessarily due to the fact that later variants, such as omicron, ...
Feb 6, 2024
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In December, the journal Vaccines published an analysis of COVID-19 vaccination coverage among people with HIV in Catalonia between December 2020 and July 2022. The study led by the Center for Epidemiological Studies on HIV/AIDS ...
Feb 2, 2024
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In recent weeks a series of measles alerts have been issued around Australia, including in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, after the identification of a small number of cases in travelers returning from overseas.
Jan 31, 2024
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