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Category: Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

Whooping cough: Fivefold rise in US cases spells return to pre-pandemic levels

The US has seen a fivefold increase in the incidence of whooping cough cases this year from last […]

September 27, 2024 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

MMR uptake in England quadruples in 2024

The NHS in England has delivered four times as many measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to 5 to […]

April 30, 2024 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

STIs: Rise in young people follows decade of cuts to sexual health service, MPs hear

A government strategy on sexual health is needed to tackle the rising incidence of sexually transmitted infections such […]

January 25, 2024 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

WHO recommends second vaccine for malaria prevention in children

The World Health Organization has recommended a second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for prevention of the disease in children, […]

October 4, 2023 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

Sudan’s worsening health conditions see children die of measles and malnutrition

A lack of global attention on the crisis in Sudan is leading to the deaths of hundreds of […]

September 20, 2023 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

Polio vaccine is offered to all children in London aged 1 to 9 after virus detected in sewage

The NHS will offer a booster or catch-up polio vaccine dose for children aged 1 to 9 years […]

August 11, 2022 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

WHO hails “historic day” as it recommends malaria vaccine

The World Health Organization has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa […]

October 7, 2021 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

DR Congo: WHO staff abused women and girls in Ebola outbreak, says “harrowing” independent report

Sexual exploitation and abuse, including rape and demands of sex in return for jobs, were committed by World […]

September 29, 2021 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics

Malaria: Combining vaccine with prophylaxis cuts child deaths by 73%, study finds

Hundreds of thousands of children’s lives could be saved each year in Africa by combining the world’s first […]

August 31, 2021 Infectious diseases, Paediatrics
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