The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

U.K. govt. recommends chickenpox vaccine for children to reduce risk of shingles in adults. Vaccine has been shown to prevent 91 million cases, 2,38,000 hospitalisations, and almost 2,000 deaths in U.S. Unpublished study by University of Bristol found complications from severe varicella were common, costly and placed burden on health…

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year

The states are blocking efforts to promote vaccines and giving advice that is at odds with public health experts

As the temperatures start​ to drop and illnesses begin to spread, vaccines are our best form of defence against flu and Covid-19.

Research involving Massachusetts healthcare workers shows higher levels of antibodies in group who received both shots at once

There's a bleak warning to patients and medical workers over fears serious infections are becoming more resistant to antibiotics as prescription rates jump.

Campaigners welcomed announcement by Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Campaigners welcomed the announcement by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency.

The number of patients with an antibiotic-resistance infection rose by 4% in 2022.

Youngsters should be offered two doses when they are aged 12 months and 18 months, scientists have said.

Vaccine has been given in other countries, including US and Australia, for years