vaccine

Middle East crisis: Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire

Gaza: Health teams under attackThe northern Gaza polio vaccine campaign began Saturday and is scheduled to continue through Monday, with…

2 years ago

Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north

“Humanitarian pauses are essential for its success, allowing partners to deliver vaccination supplies to health facilities, families to safely access…

2 years ago

Norovirus: Vaccine to be trialled for vomiting bug

The impact of norovirus on the UK is considerable.There is the human cost - every year, nearly four million people…

2 years ago

Gaza: School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in deadly strike, says UNRWA

“Throughout the night, I spoke to a colleague sheltering in the compound who told me, ‘We miraculously survived, the fire…

2 years ago

Covid-19 vaccine: Omagh man wants help after ‘life ruined’ by jab

The Public Health Agency (PHA) said the benefits of the vaccines in preventing Covid-19 and serious complications associated with it…

2 years ago

Parents urged to get young children flu vaccine

The flu vaccine is given to most children as a quick, painless spray up the nose, with no injection. Source…

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WHO approves first mpox vaccine to boost access in Africa

The MVA-BN vaccine from the Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic was prequalified by the WHO on Friday and has already…

2 years ago

Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success

It’s been nearly 11 months since war erupted in the enclave following Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel. Today more than…

2 years ago

Gaza children given polio vaccine as pause in fighting holds

The UN's World Health Organization says it aims to vaccinate 640,000 children in Gaza, weeks after the first polio case…

2 years ago

Gaza polio vaccine: What is polio and how will children be immunised?

The aim is to vaccinate some 640,000 children under the age of 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.The roll-out…

2 years ago