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Condoms, PrEP and vaccines: how the UK is expanding STI prevention

The UK has just introduced the world’s first national programme offering a vaccine to help protect against gonorrhoea. This coincides with increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, particularly among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025

US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs

The U.S. government is relaxing federal vaccine requirements and cutting vaccine research and development funding here at home. Elsewhere, it’s going even further.

The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025

In Trump’s America, vaccination rates are declining and measles is spreading

Trump and RFK Jr have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century – our public health infrastructure

The Guardian - US · Aug 12, 2025

New ‘remarkable’ pancreatic cancer vaccine offers fresh hope for patients

Researchers found patients with pancreatic cancer and bowel cancer survived more than two years after receiving the vaccine

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025

Experimental vaccine to fight cancer prompts immune response for some patients in small trial

While the early-stage results would need to be validated in larger studies, the researchers said the findings offer hope for cancer patients with certain genetic mutations.

Euronews · Aug 11, 2025

Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds

Non-mRNA jab targeting common mutations in pancreatic and bowel cancers could lower risk of relapse

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

‘Remarkable’ pancreatic cancer jab offers longer survival hope for patients

Pancreatic cancer has very poor survival odds.

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2025

Vinay Prasad's Comeback To FDA Sparks Debate Over Regulatory Direction

In a stunning reversal, Dr. Vinay Prasad is returning to his role as director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), just days after his resignation.

Benzinga · Aug 11, 2025

How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health success stories of all time. Over the past 50 years, they’ve saved an estimated 154 million lives. But in the US, both access to vaccines and public trust in them are being systematically undermined – not by conspiracy theorists online, but from…

The Conversation · Aug 11, 2025

Former Surgeon General Slams RFK Jr. Over mRNA Cuts, Says US 'Conceding To China,' 2 Million Lives At Risk

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is warning that halting federal funding for mRNA vaccine research will cost lives, derail medical breakthroughs, and hand a critical technological advantage to China.

Benzinga · Aug 11, 2025