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Health workers use special days to reach every child with life-saving vaccines
Not even the COVID-19 pandemic will stop them.
“Don’t use COVID-19 as an excuse not to immunize your children, you will regret it.”
Janet, mother of twins, tells fellow mothers.
When is a vaccine not a vaccine?
Most vaccines are given to healthy people to prevent infection with a disease-causing organism, but sometimes vaccines are used to fight an existing infection or illness. Such ‘therapeutic’ vaccines are being developed for numerous illnesses,…
Five ways that scientists are ensuring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines
As companies race to develop COVID-19 vaccines, some development processes have been run in parallel to stop the pandemic as quickly as possible. Yet safety remains paramount; now that we are on the brink of rolling out some of the vaccines that…
How small clinical trial sample sizes can offer important findings
Scientists have been racing to develop COVID-19 vaccines that could reach millions, yet many of the studies have surprisingly small sample sizes drawn from the clinical trials. Does that matter?
Why an antidepressant could be used to treat COVID-19
Fluvoxamine has shown positive results in early trials.
The peril of ignoring childhood pneumonia in the age of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic now threatens global progress on preventing and treating childhood pneumonia, potentially reversing decades of health gains for the world’s most vulnerable children.
COVID-19 could undermine progress towards reducing infant mortality
Over the past three decades, improvements to maternal and newborn health have led to many more infants surviving beyond the first 28 days of life. But disruptions to health services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may now be undoing years of hard…
Yellow fever vaccination campaign to prevent outbreaks in Ghana
The Ghanaian Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service, with support from UNICEF, WHO, Gavi and partners, undertook a preventive mass yellow fever vaccination campaign from 12–18 November.
Four reasons why we need multiple vaccines for Covid-19
Having a range of Covid-19 vaccines available for people to use around the world will be essential to bringing the pandemic under control. Here’s why.
10 things you should know about vaccine candidates
Despite the benefit of all the recommended public health measures in preventing transmission, vaccines still provide us with the best chance of our lives returning to some semblance of normality.
Equal, rapid access to COVID-19 vaccines won’t just save lives; it will save money
Research suggests that the quickest way to end the pandemic and limit the economic damage is for all countries to benefit from a coordinated global vaccine deal.
