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TCV is 85% efficacious and urgently needed for Bangladeshi children
New study finds TCV prevents 85% of cases among vaccinated children in Bangladesh, which has one of the highest typhoid burdens in the world.
UK-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses reach African countries
The first AstraZeneca doses donated to COVAX by the United Kingdom (UK) will soon arrive in Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda, with Zambia and DRC set to be the first to receive these UK-donated vaccines…
Nigeria’s new initiative to boost routine immunisation
To improve routine immunisation, Nigeria is implementing the Accelerated Action for Impact (AAI) initiative.
Pandemic Culture: Fatherhood and Fear in São Paulo
Henrique Montanari, also known as EDMX, has been daubing the walls of São Paulo with striking images conveying his fear for the impact the pandemic is having on his children, part of the “the pandemic generation”.
Why are fully-vaccinated people still catching COVID-19?
Breakthrough infections are to be expected, but it doesn’t mean the COVID-19 vaccines aren’t working.
How will COVID vaccines work on compromised immune systems? Here’s what we know
Being immunocompromised appears to affect the vaccine response, but this seems to vary depending on the causes of the person's low immunity.
How bad will climate change be for our health?
The latest IPCC report emphasises the inevitability of some degree of climate change. The human health impact of this should not be ignored.
John Snow and the Pump Handle of Public Health
The narrative of the Broad Street pump is the story of a vital epidemiological discovery; it’s also a story about discovery: it has the tidy, conclusive quality of a fable about science. But in the years after its discovery, John Snow’s theory of…
RSV: what is it, and why are child cases surging in the wake of COVID?
COVID restrictions have prevented the spread of other respiratory viruses too. As these are lifted, the UK government has warned parents of a delayed surge in infections.
That Old Time Anti-Vaxx Feeling
The best single predictor of vaccine uptake per US state is not political affiliation, but the share of the population that believes the human race has always existed. Such findings do not bode well for the global effort to boost vaccination…
If we’re not careful, booster vaccines could end up giving the coronavirus a boost
The sooner we start using booster jabs, the more likely it is that we will need them.
