WHO and Africa CDC welcome Ebola vaccine allocation to DRC
image: ©gevende | iStock The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo…
The vaccines and treatments being developed for Ebola outbreak
There are no vaccines or treatments for the strain of Ebola that has killed more than 200 people…
Doctors urge vigilance after two children die from meningococcal disease
A three-year-old boy arrived at the emergency department of Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital on Saturday morning in septic shock,…
AI-designed ‘universal vaccine’ candidate passes first human trial
Image: © Bill Oxford | iStock An innovative universal vaccine technology has successfully completed its first human clinical…
Shingles: No longer just a disease of the elderly
Adi Himelbloy and Bar Zomer are not alone: Following testimonies from young people who contracted shingles and the…
New H5N1 bird flu vaccine shows strong protection in animals, researchers say
Image: ©Yana Tatevosian iStock Researchers at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln have developed a new H5N1 bird flu vaccine…
RSV vaccine in pregnancy cuts baby hospital admissions by up to 85%
image: ©Anna Solovei| iStock A UK study finds the RSV vaccine in pregnancy can reduce infant hospitalisation risk…
Japan on track to log highest number of measles cases since COVID-19 pandemic
Japan is on pace to log its highest number of annual measles cases this year since the end…
Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are rising across Canada: report – National
New data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found that hospitalization rates for COVID-19 and…
Bangladesh starts emergency vaccinations as measles outbreak spreads
DHAKA (Reuters) — Bangladesh on Sunday launched an emergency vaccination campaign targeting more than a million children as a…
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…
South Carolina’s measles milestone is everyone’s problem
A fast-moving measles outbreak in South Carolina reached a grim milestone recently: It is now the biggest outbreak…