The Latest Breaking News from Vaccine

‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant can reinfect you every month

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Covid reinfections: How likely are you to catch coronavirus again as cases rise?

Do vaccines and booster shots protect against new variants? Here’s what you need to know

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Foot-and-mouth disease: how Indonesia is trying to control the outbreak by the end of the year

Threat of FMD is biggest for Indonesia’s smallholder farms where families’ entire livelihoods are at stake and access to vaccine can be a problem

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27, 2022

Minister confirms those 'at risk' from monkeypox in Ireland will receive smallpox vaccine

NIAC has recommended that "pre-exposure prophylactic vaccination should be offered to those at high risk of infection e.g., gay, bisexual, men who have sex with men."

Irish Mirror · Jul 26, 2022

Saying monkeypox is tearing through communities of queer men isn’t stigmatising – being afraid to say it is

From vaccines to testing, targeted health messaging will help us protect as many as people from the virus as possible, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

France opens vaccine centres for monkeypox as infections rise

French Health Minister François Braun has said the government has opened about 100 vaccination centres for monkeypox so far and that more than 6,000 people have received a preventive vaccination.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 26, 2022

‘Without Find and Treat I wouldn’t be here’: the NHS service caring for London’s vulnerable

On the streets of the capital with the doctors, nurses and outreach workers administering care to at-risk populations. Photographs by Tom Pilston

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

Edinburgh health expert Devi Sridhar on who should be worried about monkeypox

The virologist specialist has backed the move by the World Health Organization and has said that those most at risk from the virus - men having sex with men - should be offered vaccines.

Edinburgh Live · Jul 26, 2022

Therese Raphael: Why the WHO wants everyone to wake up about monkeypox

The World Health Organization had a hard time deciding whether to label monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) or not. That’s a rare designation, given to COVID-19 and a handful of other diseases such as swine flu in 2009, polio in 2014 and Ebola (twice). It carries…

Tribune News Service · Jul 26, 2022

Reformulated COVID vaccine boosters may be available earlier than expected

The Biden administration may scrap plans to expand eligibility for second boosters to younger adults. Instead, it's trying to speed up the next generation of boosters targeting the omicron variant.

WEKU · Jul 26, 2022