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Whooping cough exploits slender immunity gaps in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s vaccination rates are high – but a recent pertussis outbreak in Tashkent shows that unimmunised individuals remain at serious risk.
Could cockroaches be aiding the spread of antimicrobial resistance?
Research suggests that cockroaches – and perhaps other species – could be spreading antimicrobial resistance via the bacteria living on and within them.
Why some people don’t trust science – and how to change their minds
People who are suspicious of science often assume they understand it well – and that others agree with them.
How Uganda’s immunisation programme helped reduce child mortality
In Uganda in 2011, 90 children out of every 1000 live births died before their fifth birthday. Today, that figure has dropped to 52 – and health leaders say vaccination has been key to the change.
What COVID diaries have in common with Samuel Pepys’ 17th-century plague diaries
Keeping a diary has been a common pandemic pastime throughout history.
Troubled by Nigeria’s massive burden of preventable illness, a growing cohort of medics is taking to social media to offer advice and dispel health myths.
Victorian Britain had its own anti-vaxxers – and they helped bring down a government
Victorian anti-vaccine literature shows that the fears and concerns remain largely the same today.
Zimbabwe’s battle to control a skin-burrowing worm faces a new challenge: climate change
Bilharzia, a parasitic worm that uses snails as a vector, is endemic to Zimbabwe, and could get more difficult to manage as weather patterns and temperatures shift, experts say.
New blood tests for dementia announced, but what can they tell us and who will benefit?
The NHS will trial a new blood test for dementia, which could be widely available in five years.
Severe pneumonia in decline in Nigeria following pneumococcal vaccine roll-out
Since PCV joined the roster of routine jabs in Nigeria, researchers find a measurable reduction in the burden of pneumonia, while health workers on the frontlines say fewer mothers’ hearts are being broken.
Why is trust in healthcare waning and what can be done about it?
Discover why health leaders from across the WHO European Region are at the Health Systems Conference focusing on trust and transformation in healthcare.
The year in 12 VaccinesWork articles
From progress on the world’s first malaria vaccine to the impact of climate change on our health, here’s a rundown of some of our favourite stories of 2023.