As influenza cases rise, residents rush to get flu shots
Japan saw the average number of influenza patients jump to 11.35 per clinic for the week through Oct.…
Earlier meningitis B protection through childhood vaccination shows success
image:©Chinnapong | iStock New figures suggest recent changes to the childhood vaccination schedule are helping protect babies against…
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…
Letters: Vaccinations, consent and what we need to learn when looking at New Zealand’s performance during Covid
I was an elected person on the Waitematā DHB at the time and saw this happening. People were…
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…
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…
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…
Westfield Health Bulletin: what is shared decision making?
What exactly is shared decision making and why is it important to know? As a starting point to…