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NHS campaign urges over 900,000 young adults to catch up on missed MMR vaccine

Between October 2023 and March 2024, the UKHSA said that 733 cases of measles were reported in England

March 12, 2024 Catch-up campaign, Infectious diseases, measles, MMR, MMR vaccine, mumps, News, NHS, rubella

Antibiotic costs rise 1100% as big pharma exits Nigeria

In Nigeria, the rapidly escalating drug prices are indicative of a deeper issue: fundamentally, it’s about the economy. […]

March 2, 2024 Infectious diseases

PhaSER Biomedical receives $2.3m drug discovery grant from the Gates Foundation

Every year, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV cause over five million deaths worldwide

February 26, 2024 8HUM, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, drug discovery, hiv, Infectious diseases, malaria, News, PhaSER Biomedical, transgenic mouse models

WHO pandemic treaty: Negotiations falter as pharma companies warn that intellectual property rules will harm profits

Pharmaceutical representatives and Germany’s health ministry have publicly opposed the latest draft of the World Health Organization’s pandemic […]

October 25, 2023 Infectious diseases

Two cases of bird flu are detected in poultry workers in England

What do we know about the cases?The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says influenza A (H5) has been […]

May 17, 2023 Infectious diseases

Vaccine access: World’s poorest people suffer at the hands of free market dynamics, says WHO

Important progress on vaccine access has been made over the past two decades, but diseases associated with markets […]

November 10, 2022 Infectious diseases

Cholera: WHO rations vaccines to preserve stocks amid rising outbreaks

Countries confronting outbreaks of cholera will have to administer half the recommended doses of vaccines because a global […]

October 21, 2022 Infectious diseases

Monkeypox: Virus DNA is widespread in treatment rooms, study finds

Healthcare workers treating patients with monkeypox should use personal protective equipment (PPE), regularly disinfect any frequently touched surfaces, […]

October 12, 2022 Infectious diseases

Ebola: Uganda battles fresh epidemic as infections threaten to spread

Ugandan health authorities are setting up emergency response teams, isolation centres, and treatment tents in 20 places around […]

October 7, 2022 Infectious diseases

Syphilis and gonorrhoea cases soar in US

Syphilis is surging in the US, with reported cases climbing 28% last year to 171 074, the highest […]

September 30, 2022 Infectious diseases

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