Vaccinations Related Content
The EU’s role in global cooperation for public health
The Covid-19 pandemic and emerging threats such as Monkeypox have demonstrated the need for global cooperation on public health.
Investigating a new method for pig vaccinations
Livestock vaccinations lead to healthy animals, healthy consumers, and a profitable industry.
Vaccines can reduce COVID-19 effects by up to 80%
Long-term COVID-19 effects have been decreased from anywhere between 50 and 80% for those who have been vaccinated when compared to unvaccinated people.
Why are Republicans and Black people most hesitant to get the COVID vaccine?
Republicans and Black people are most hesitant to get the COVID vaccine as a result of misinformation, access to healthcare and even medical racism.
Benefits of animal vaccination for animals & people
Roxane Feller, Secretary General of AnimalhealthEurope, helps us understand the benefits of animal vaccination for both animals and people.
Overconfidence lends itself to anti-scientific views
Overconfidence bolsters anti-scientific views as the further an individual strays from science, the stronger their opinions become.
COVID-19 symptoms are changing with new variants
A sore throat and hoarse voice were the main COVID-19 symptoms with newer variants – but have symptoms changed as variants get smarter?
Is a sore throat the most accurate indicator of COVID?
COVID-19 is considered "too clever" - it is constantly evolving and mutating and resisting our immune defences.
Number of UK COVID deaths surpasses 200,000
UK Covid deaths have passed 200,000 meaning Britain has one of the highest death tolls in Europe, with 2,689 deaths per million people.
The all-in-one vaccine for future COVID-19 threats
Using almost $30 million in funding, an all-in-one vaccine is being developed to bring new protection against a range of new and existing coronavirus variants.
Omicron subvariants are better at eluding vaccines
The most recent omicron subvariants have caused new infection spikes across the United States, as researchers find they are better at eluding vaccines.
Rising COVID numbers: 1 in 18 people with Omicron variant in Scotland
COVID cases are up by 32% in the UK as Omicron sub-variants continue to spread at an alarming rate, with 1 in 18 infected in Scotland.
Universal flu vaccine trial opens at NIH Clinical Center
A Phase 1 clinical trial of a universal flu vaccine has started inoculating healthy adult volunteers at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland.
Disease X and other high priority diseases
According to the WHO, Disease X refers to a hypothetical, unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.
Genomic characterisation for improved responses to dengue outbreaks in Tanzania
Gaspary Mwanyika from the SACIDS Foundation for One Health, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania details the importance of genomic characterisation in the control of dengue.
Lessons from the mouse model of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Peter Bretscher, from the University of Saskatchewan looks at whether mouse models of cutaneous leishmaniasis are pertinent for vaccination against and treatment of AIDS, infectious diseases, and cancer.
Should we be preparing for a widespread monkeypox outbreak?
This ‘unusual’ monkeypox outbreak has been found to be larger and more widespread than previous outbreaks outside of Africa, and health experts propose better preparation.
$70 billion in US healthcare costs saved by Pfizer vaccine rollout
The Pfizer vaccine saved up to $40 billion in healthcare costs and over 110,000 lives, in just one year of being rolled out to the US population.
Negative sentiments on social media influence vaccine hesitancy
Research examining Twitter opinion about vaccines shows that social media is a considerable factor influencing vaccine hesitancy.
WHO licensing agreement can improve access to COVID health technologies
The WHO licensing agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and US National Institutes of Health (NIH) should improve access to some COVID health technologies, like early-stage vaccines and diagnostic tools.