Wortley Montagu popularised the Turkish practice of ‘variolation’, kickstarting the global battle against smallpox.
- Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Professor of Neurology, University of Liverpool
Roald Dahl’s daughter Olivia died of measles aged seven.
Governments can’t force people to be vaccinated, but they can penalise those who don’t.
Expert advice is divided on the best way to tackle COVID-19.
Status darurat kesehatan global baru dinyatakan saat ada kejadian luar biasa yang ditentukan untuk menyatakan adanya bahaya kesehatan publik kepada negara lain melalui penyebaran penyakit antarnegara.
The World Health Organization decided that the coronavirus outbreak in China is not a public health emergency of international concern. At least, not at the moment.
Precedents exist for making people have certain vaccines. Perhaps it’s time to extend this.
After the Ebola outbreak claimed the lives of thousands across West Africa – Tom Solomon returns to talk to those still working in the aftermath.
The treatment of the two Americans with an experimental drug after catching Ebola in West Africa has raised all sorts of ethical implications that will be addressed by a meeting of experts convened by…
Our understanding of Ebola has increased considerably since outbreaks of a mysterious haemorrhagic fever caused by an unknown virus first occurred in Southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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