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Vaccine conspiracy theories and strain on health services from Covid blamed as 25m children miss measles jabs, Unicef warns

Measles, rubella and polio shots are going in children’s arms in Venezuela these days as part of a countrywide vaccination campaign

‘There has been a general downward trend in coverage in most childhood vaccines over the past 5-10 years,’ say scientific advisers to the government

Pandemics have consequences beyond the death and disease directly caused by the novel pathogen. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more deaths were caused by the pneumococcal bacterium among those made susceptible to bacterial infection by influenza than by the flu itself.

'Victorian diseases' like gout, tuberculosis and measles are at 5-year high in the North East

GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) intends to engage with regulators immediately after reporting positive headline results from a pre-specified efficacy interim analysis of the AReSVi 006 phase III trial, it anticipates regulatory submissions in the second half of 2022. AReSVi 006 is a phase III trial investigating GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate…

There have been several illnesses spreading in the UK recently, all of which could harm children, here is why cases are rising and what you can do to slow the spread

As childhood MMR vaccination rates drop, medical professionals are urging parents to keep an eye out for possible measles symptoms as the UK could face a modern outbreak

A British GP is on a mission to raise awareness of the five "serious" measles symptoms as the UK faces a modern measles outbreak, following a drop in childhood MMR vaccination rates.

BALTIMORE — There are thousands of children across Maryland who not only haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19, but also lack protection from influenza and the kinds of diseases that routine shots long ago made scarce, such as measles and chickenpox.

There are special reasons why measles-rubella elimination can be achieved together by July-August 2023