In recent decades, cases have risen sharply in Africa as urbanisation, travel and climate change have expanded mosquito habitats.
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The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.
A vaccine has existed since 2013. The UK was first to adopt it. But a decade of students never received it – and are now paying the price.
False claims that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines cause cancer could, ironically, lead to worse cancer outcomes by undermining a promising tool to prevent and treat it.
COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, but it’s no longer the health threat it was. Here’s what the latest wave means and who should get boosted.
A long-term study following girls and young women for nearly two decades shows the HPV vaccine provides strong and lasting protection against cervical cancer.
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
What does Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s political discourse say about the controversial US secretary of Health whose task is to make “America healthy again”?
The report will inevitably be politicised. But it serves a useful function by airing grievances that will reemerge during any future public-health emergency.
A nasal spray vaccine that puts your immune system on permanent high alert – and could one day protect against flu, COVID and future pandemics.
After pushback, the agency reversed course and agreed to review Moderna’s application after all.
The key players of our immune system aren’t well understood. Here’s how vaccines give our immune players a home advantage to fight infection.
The move signals an escalation in the agency’s efforts to interfere with established procedures for testing and approving vaccines.
Public health scholars worry that the resurgence of measles may signal a coming wave of other vaccine-preventable diseases.
After decades of stalled progress, new vaccines, treatments and genetic tools are helping scientists protect children and save lives worldwide.
Doctor’s visits are already rushed. Adding extra steps means some children, especially those from low-income families, simply won’t get the vaccines they should.
In an unprecedented move, health officials cut the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children from 17 to 11.
The MMRV jab protects against chickenpox and its lifelong complications. Here’s what the new vaccination schedule means for your family.
Ethics Bowl Canada hosts competitions where students, including science graduate students, explore complex ethical issues, like vaccines, through respectful dialogue in teams.
Federal officials are questioning the safety of the vaccine series children receive. Here’s the story of how the childhood vaccine schedule came about.
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