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Vaccination has been associated with a smaller risk of rare heart conditions compared to COVID-19 infection in children, the largest study of its kind suggests.

The new study was led by experts at UCL and the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh.

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has criticised the government’s decision to restrict free Covid boosters, describing it as unfair, confusing, and short-sighted, and urged a review of eligibility to protect vulnerable people still at risk

When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among kindergartners increased substantially. That’s the key finding from our new study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Ella Halpern-Matthews has had half a lung removed and suffers from chronic chest infections

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that revolutionary treatments for cancer, immune dysfunction and genetic disease may be left on the lab bench.

The UK Health Security Agency said there were 378 cases of invasive meningococcal disease in 2024/25, up from 340 in the previous 12 months.

Alerts have been issued about the rising number of chickenpox cases in Northern New South Wales this year. Meanwhile, chickenpox continues to spread across Australia with 2,010 notified cases so far this year.

British pharmaceutical giant GSK Plc (NYSE:GSK) on Wednesday reported upbeat third-quarter results and upgraded its full-year 2025 guidance.