Imperial to begin first human trials of new Covid-19 vaccine
Clinical researchers are this week set to begin human trials of a new coronavirus vaccine developed by researchers at Imperial…
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Tuberculosis: Scientists find “missing link” that moves them closer to cure
Scientists from the University of Bradford say they are 'a step closer to finding a vaccine' for tuberculosis after discovering…
RSM webinar: Covid-19 vaccines
COVID-19 Series: Vaccines Episode 20 will be broadcast on zoom on Tue 9 Jun 2020 from 12:30pm to 1:00pm. Key…
Identification of Protective Antibodies may be the Key to Effective Malaria Vaccine
An Oxford-led study has identified the antibodies that may hold the key to creating the first effective vaccine against malaria…
Body shame cutting smear tests
Around 5 million UK women are invited to cervical screening each year, yet one in four do not attend to…
Vaxxed – make up your own mind
The controversial documentary Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe, is based on extensive recorded interviews with whistleblower, Dr William Thompson, a former…
The last gasp of polio
The World Health Organisation is currently vaccinating 116 million African children against the preventable disease, polio. This week, 190,000 vaccinators…
Vaccine safety – don’t shut down the debate
I am not an apologist for Andrew Wakefield, the doctor who proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism…
Plant-based vaccine for polio
"The fight against polio has been one of the great success stories of modern medicine with the disease already eliminated…
AMR and the importance of finding new ways to prevent and treat infections
Jim O’Neill, chair of the UK Government’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, has today called for vaccines and alternative approaches to…