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Polio in New York – an infectious disease doctor explains this exceedingly rare occurrence
The oral polio vaccine – which is no longer given in the US – relies on a live but weakened virus that can actually be passed from person to person.
Theatre steps up to change perceptions about vaccines in Kashmir
When the majority of North Kashmir’s Bandipore villages showed reluctance to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a local theatre came forward to win over hearts and minds.
Mobile vaccinators offer a lifeline to people with disabilities in Eswatini
With support from Médecins Sans Frontières, mobile teams of vaccinators are helping vulnerable groups in Eswatini get protected against COVID-19.
Could vaccines save us from antimicrobial resistance?
Each year around five million people die from antimicrobial resistant infections. Vaccines could help, but the current vaccine pipeline is insufficient.
How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected healthcare around the world
New insights into the disruption caused by COVID-19 could help strengthen health systems ahead of future pandemics.
Polio cases have nose-dived by 99% since the late 1980s after a push to eradicate the disease, but clusters of cases across the world indicate that it could resurge if we don’t double down on eradication.
Health Workers Fill the Gaps for Millions of Zimbabwean Villagers
The workers play a pivotal role in the country’s health system, providing care and fighting misinformation.
Long COVID patients are taking desperate measures in the hope of getting better. It’s time to increase our focus on testing potential long COVID treatments in clinical trials.
Vaccine profiles: Yellow fever
Before immunisation for yellow fever became routine, it was the scourge of sailors and ports around the globe. Global travel, urbanisation and climate change are setting the stage for its return.
Scientists urge close monitoring of cholera variants
New cholera variants capable of causing large outbreaks could emerge. Constant monitoring is the only way to prevent possible pandemics. World has seen seven pandemics of the infectious disease.
COVID: risk of diabetes and heart disease is higher after infection – but maybe only temporarily
A new study analysed data from hundreds of thousands of COVID patients in the UK.
Gavi opens applications for malaria vaccine rollout support
Gavi is opening its first application window for support in rolling out the first ever malaria vaccine, to protect children against a disease that kills hundreds of thousands in Africa.
