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Analysis shows jab could lead to sharp drop in severe illness

Programme for respiratory syncytial virus could prevent estimated 5,000 hospitalisations annually in infants

Analysis: A new vaccine has the potential to hugely benefit the NHS, which is hit with 30,000 hospital admissions for children each year due to the RSV virus, writes Rebecca Thomas

Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more vaccine doses are available, experts say high costs and regulatory hurdles have prevented…

New Covid vaccines are expected to roll out next month

Health agency warns of surge in cases of potentially serious disease as MMR vaccination uptake falls below 95%

Congress slashed pandemic funding in May. Soon uninsured people will lose access to free COVID vaccines

There must be transparency over funding to medics from the pharmaceutical industry – and that’s only the start, says the GP and writer Margaret McCartney

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Focus on potential harms from staying unvaccinated found to be more effective than messaging on jab’s benefits

Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week