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The case for India switching from the oral to the inactivated polio vaccine

No matter the polio status of a country and which vaccine is being used, as long as wild poliovirus is present and any country continues to use the oral polio vaccine (OPV), the risk of polio emergence, including in polio-free countries, is real in a globalised village especially when vaccine…

The Hindu

Why the oral polio vaccine is still crucial to eradicate polio

Polio vaccination has reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988. Recent cases in unvaccinated people and silent transmission of polioviruses raise questions. OPV has advantages but can cause VDPV, whereas IPV has strong systemic immunity but no mucosal immunity.

The Hindu

Scientific breakthrough uses mRNA technology to create a highly effective malaria vaccine

In preclinical models, Trans-Tasman research collaborators from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Ferrier Research Institute and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in New Zealand and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Australia developed an mRNA-based vaccine that can effectively target and stimulate protective immune cell…

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Anti-vaxxers think God destroyed a Pfizer facility with a tornado

No vaccines were produced or stored at the facility

The Independent UK

RFK Jr baselessly claims he’s never been anti-vaccine at contentious House hearing

Kennedy claims that Democrats are misrepresenting his views

The Independent UK

From vaccines to Nazis: Democrats attack Republicans by listing RFK Jr’s most outrageous claims at hearing

Stacey Plaskett excoriates House Republicans for inviting the noted vaccine conspiracy theorist to testify before a subcommittee

The Independent UK

Drug to prevent RSV in babies approved: What you need to know

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a drug to help protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The medication, given as a single-dose injection prior to or during RSV season, is a monoclonal antibody. It is intended for babies born during or entering their first RSV season and for…

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How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning

Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day.

Tribune News Service

RFK Jr’s ‘horrific antisemitic and xenophobic views’ detailed in explosive report

Report comes after Kennedy said that Covid-19 was ‘ethnically’ targeted in a way that protects Jewish people

The Independent UK

Robert Kennedy Jr’s racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says

Democratic candidate’s recent false claim that Covid could have been ‘ethnically targeted’ is not an aberration but fits long pattern

The Guardian - US

Polio scare hits Malawi with 17 possible cases, just as huge vaccine drive ends

Cyclone Freddy cited as contributing factor in feared new outbreak that follows inoculation of 8 million children

The Guardian - UK

Childhood vaccination rate starts to recover after COVID-19 backslide

Rates of routine childhood vaccines are on the rise worldwide after a historic drop during the Covid-19 pandemic, though the recovery is not evenly spread across the world, with major disparities between larger, middle-income countries and smaller, poorer ones.

Radio France Internationale

Measles: how declining vaccination levels in London are threatening herd immunity

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned of an increased risk of measles outbreaks, particularly in London.

The Conversation

Covid campaign group formed after people left feeling ‘abandoned’ by Government

A co-founder of the campaign group said he and others had faced abuse from Covid-deniers, anti-maskers and vaccine sceptics.

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Pascal Soriot of AstraZeneca: ‘The climate crisis is a health crisis’

The man who led the drive to create a not-for-profit Covid vaccine is now focusing on the deaths caused by global heating and pollution

Salon

Massive measles outbreak may occur in UK

Current measles vaccine coverage is the lowest it's been in a decade, according to the National Health Service

The Guardian - AU

Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children could be spread by throat bacteria, researchers find

Exclusive: strep A genome sequencing by Australian scientists will likely have implications for prevention and vaccine development

The Conversation

Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible

Many scientists and public health officials were surprised that large swaths of the public were hesitant or outright hostile toward COVID-19 vaccines. “I never saw that coming,” Francis Collins, a former director of the National Institutes of Health, commented in 2022. Even today, three years after the start of the…

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Unethical to continue using polio-causing oral polio vaccines

GPEI set goal to eradicate wild poliovirus by 2000, but VDPV & VAPP not included. VAPP cases in India outnumbered wild polio cases since 2004. Global switch to bivalent OPV in 2016 to prevent type 2 VDPV cases, but number of outbreaks increased. WHO approved novel OPV2 in 2020, but…

The National (Scotland)

'Brilliant': GP praised for dismantling Neil Oliver and ex-Tory MP's vaccine views

A DOCTOR has been praised for dismantling arguments made by GB News presenter Neil Oliver and ex-Tory MP Andrew Bridgen on the Covid vaccine.

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Dr Sara Kayat joins NHS call for parents to act as measles cases rise

NHS England is calling families to ensure their children are vaccinated

The Independent UK

London at risk of measles outbreak, health chiefs warn

Parents are being urged to check their children are up to date with their MMR vaccines.

The Guardian - UK

Why are there fears of a London measles outbreak and what can be done?

Low MMR vaccine uptake in some areas means there could be a surge in cases of the infectious disease

The Guardian - UK

London at risk of major measles outbreak, UK Health Security Agency warns

Thousands could be hospitalised and dozens die if MMR vaccine take-up doesn’t rise, say immunologists

The Independent UK

Five measles symptoms to watch out for as health chiefs warn of fresh outbreak

Warning of up to 160,000 cases in London if vaccine uptake does not pick up

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