Bangladesh starts emergency vaccinations as measles outbreak spreads
DHAKA (Reuters) —Â Bangladesh on Sunday launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting more than a million children as a…
UK cancer death rates fall to the lowest level on record
Image: © wildpixel | iStock Cancer death rates in the UK have dropped by 29% since the 1980s…
13,000 calls in three months: How one city is keeping ahead of measles
Sometimes Lorna Grinnell-Moore, a nurse in Birmingham, gets the phone slammed down on her. Often, she has to…
Unvacinnated infant dies of measles, Health Ministry warns
Another unvaccinated infant, one year old, has died of measles, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday. The baby’s…
The Problem With Vaccination Shortfalls in Livestock
Farm animals are attacked by a whole slew of pathogens—from the bacteria causing anthrax to the virus causing…