A jab to protect against deadly meningitis B is being developed by scientists. Early trials have shown it could prevent the illness in more than 80 per cent of youngsters. Meningitis B is particularly dangerous for children, leading to 120 deaths in the UK every year. At present, though there is a jab for meningitis [...]
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Archive | Vaccinations
Fresh hope of vaccine for killer meningitis B that could prevent illness in 80% of children | Mail Online
Posted on 08 May 2012.
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BBC News – Measles on Merseyside: Outbreak reaches more than 200 cases
Posted on 03 May 2012.
More than 200 cases of measles are confirmed on Merseyside in the largest outbreak in the area since 1988, the Health Protection Agency has said. There are 210 confirmed cases, 39 of which needed hospital treatment. Ninety two cases are under investigation. About 50% of the cases are in children under five years old. The [...]
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Doctors slam mothers who refuse vaccines – The Independent
Posted on 01 May 2012.
Doctors fighting to deliver life-saving vaccines to the developing world have criticised British mothers who refuse to vaccinate their children. Ghana has celebrated the introduction of two new vaccines to prevent pneumonia and diarrhoea – two of the biggest killers of children worldwide. The unprecedented simultaneous introduction, supported by millions of pounds of British foreign [...]
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BBC News – Public Health Wales says 11% of children not immunised in north
Posted on 23 April 2012.
Health experts say 11% of five year olds in north Wales have not been fully immunised with childhood vaccinations. Public Health Wales (PHW) published figures for the region to highlight the importance of immunisation to eradicate some illnesses as part of European Immunization Week, 21-27 April. The calls comes after a measles outbreak in Porthmadog, [...]
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Sharp rise in cases of whooping cough: Government scientists – Telegraph
Posted on 22 April 2012.
There have been 665 confirmed cases of whooping cough, which gets its name from the distinctive sound of the cough, so far this year, compared with 1,040 in the whole of last year, according to data from the Health Protection Agency. Cases have been reported across all regions in England with some areas reporting clusters [...]
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BBC News – Warmth ‘gives babies pain relief’ during vaccination
Posted on 12 April 2012.
Keeping a baby nice and warm while giving injections may offer better pain relief than the techniques doctors currently use. Research, published in the journal Pain, showed warmer infants cried and grimaced less than babies given sugar pills or a dummy before vaccination. The small trial was in 47 healthy newborns. The authors said warming [...]
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BBC News – Porthmadog measles outbreak: vaccination for Urdd urged
Posted on 06 March 2012.
Health chiefs dealing with a measles outbreak in Gwynedd have urged parents to vaccinate their children ahead of heats for the Urdd Eisteddfod. Thirty-three children have been diagnosed with measles in Porthmadog, with 29 of the cases from Ysgol Eifionydd School. Hundreds of children are expected to take part in Eisteddfod heats in Porthmadog in [...]
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BBC News – Porthmadog measles outbreak: Total cases now number 33
Posted on 06 March 2012.
A further three children have been diagnosed with measles in Gwynedd, bringing the total number of cases to 33. Health chiefs said 29 of the cases were associated with an outbreak at Ysgol Eifionydd School in Porthmadog. The other four live in the same area, but have no direct links to the outbreak at the [...]
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New flu fears as vaccination rates among pregnant women fall by a third | Mail Online
Posted on 15 February 2012.
Flu vaccination rates among pregnant women are a third lower than this time last year, according to Health Protection Agency data. In the week ending January 29, 26.4 per cent of pregnant women in England were vaccinated, down from 37.5 per cent in the same week last year. It comes as Dr Maureen Baker from [...]
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Teens ‘need meningitis C booster’ warns JCVI – Telegraph
Posted on 02 February 2012.
Millions of teenagers may have to receive a booster jab to protect against the bacteria, which causes meningitis and septicaemia, the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) has consequently advised. At the moment children get three doses of the MenC vaccine – at three and four months with a booster at 12 months. Introduced [...]
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Vaccinations could be less effective after chemical exposure – Telegraph
Posted on 25 January 2012.
The man-made chemicals, known as PFCs, are found in a variety of everyday items including non-stick frying pans, waterproof clothing and fast food wrappers. Previous studies have linked high levels of PFCs, which can last in the body for decades, to earlier menopause and reduced fertility among women. Now a new study contains clues that [...]
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Charity linked to Duke of Cambridge saving lives of African children – Telegraph
Posted on 21 January 2012.
After an illness during Jennifer Muzala’s pregnancy which her family feared might kill her, they were so relieved when her third son was born without incident that they named him Lucky. Six months later, Jennifer returned to hospital with her son but this time, there was no happy ending. Lucky became one of 40 Zambian [...]
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Calls to immunise teenage boys after huge rise in throat cancer – Health News – Health & Families – The Independent
Posted on 21 January 2012.
The Department of Health is being urged to review the national immunisation programme against the commonest sexually transmitted infection in response to a dramatic rise in cancer linked to oral sex. Click HERE to view ‘The rise in throat cancer’ Cases of oropharyngeal cancer [of the throat] have more than doubled to over 1,000 annually [...]
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Short Sharp Science: Doctor linking MMR vaccine and autism sues critics
Posted on 07 January 2012.
Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose 1998 study proposed a long-discredited link between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is to sue for damages following accusations made a year ago that his research was fraudulent. Wakefield’s MMR-autism claims were seriously undermined in 2010 when The Lancet retracted his original study. In the same year, he [...]
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BBC News – Whooping cough cases increase in England and Wales
Posted on 05 January 2012.
Cases of whooping cough in England and Wales have more than doubled in the past year, says the Health Protection Agency. HPA figures showed cases increased from 421 in 2010 to 1,040 in 2011, which is around the level reached in 2008. The rise was seen mainly in teenagers and adults aged 15 to 40, [...]
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How thousands of parents are skipping vaccinations for their children over fear of dozens of shots by age of six
Posted on 30 November 2011.
More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than one in 20 public school kindergarten children aren’t getting all the vaccines required for attendance. That growing trend among parents seeking vaccine exemptions has health officials worried about outbreaks of diseases that once were all but stamped out. [...]
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Genital warts vaccination to be offered to schoolgirls | Society | The Guardian
Posted on 25 November 2011.
Schoolgirls across the UK will be offered immunisation against genital warts, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, in a move welcomed by doctors. It will expand the existing vaccination against cervical cancer for 12- and 13-year-olds. The change will take place at the start of the next school year in August and September [...]
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Flu vaccinations for all children move a step closer
Posted on 18 November 2011.
All children could be vaccinated against flu in the future, the Department of Health has indicated.
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Muslim scholars fight to dispel polio vaccination myths in Pakistan
Posted on 05 November 2011.
Militant Islamists have spread conspiracy theories about vaccinations – which has contributed to a resurgence in polio
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Only one in seven pregnant women have had a flu jab figures show
Posted on 04 November 2011.
Flu vaccination rates amongst pregnant women and those with long-term illnesses are low, officials have warned.
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School suspends cercival cancer jab
Posted on 04 November 2011.
A girls’ school has suspended a vaccination programme for pupils, that includes a jabs which protects against cervical cancer, after the headteacher said it caused “chaos” in the classroom.
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Cervical cancer vaccine: NHS choice questioned
Posted on 28 September 2011.
The UK government may have chosen the least cost-effective vaccine to immunise teenage girls against viruses that cause cervical cancer, a data study suggests.
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Mexico to give HPV vaccine to all girls from 2012
Posted on 02 September 2011.
Mexico plans to administer the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer, to all girls beginning next year, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday.
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Young people should not take flu vaccine, watchdog says
Posted on 22 July 2011.
Children should no longer be given a widely-used flu vaccine over concerns it is linked to a rare sleep disorder, the European drug regulator has recommended.
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Dr Luisa Dillner’s guide to … circumcision
Posted on 19 July 2011.
Male circumcision is still a controversial topic – is it vaccination or mutilation?
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Why is measles on the rise? Just blame the French
Posted on 06 July 2011.
Measles rates in Britain are more than five times higher than last year. London is one of the worst hit areas partly because the rates of vaccination are lower.
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MMR vaccination call after Ceredigion measles outbreak
Posted on 28 June 2011.
Parents are being urged to get their children vaccinated immediately following an increase in measles cases in Wales.
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Vaccine funding: British volunteers helping make a difference
Posted on 14 June 2011.
David Cameron’s £814 million vaccine funding boost comes as dozens of British volunteers help deliver life saving vaccinations to children in the world’s poorest countries.
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Better vaccines could save 6.4 million: studies
Posted on 13 June 2011.
Boosting vaccination programs for children in 72 poor and middle income countries would save the lives of 6.4 million children in 10 years, and save over $151 billion in treatment and lost productivity, two studies said Thursday.
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Gates optimistic on vaccine ‘magic’
Posted on 13 June 2011.
Hopes are rising that political leaders will agree on Monday to pledge enough cash to save the lives of millions of children in the world’s poorest countries.
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Bill Gates upbeat ahead of global vaccination summit
Posted on 13 June 2011.
Political leaders are set to meet to discuss how to ensure children in the world’s poorest countries receive vaccinations.
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Mothers deliver petition for vaccine drive
Posted on 11 June 2011.
Broadcaster Natasha Kaplinsky has joined a group of bloggers who are campaigning to galvanise action over a global vaccination drive.
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Meningitis vaccine could save thousands of lives
Posted on 11 June 2011.
Thousands of children’s lives could be saved by a new meningitis vaccine that could be available by the end of the year, it has emerged
Posted in Babies, Family Health, Health, Meningitis, Vaccinations1 Comment
Inside a vaccine clinic in Sierra Leone
Posted on 11 June 2011.
The BBC’s medical correspondent, Fergus Walsh, has been to Sierra Leone to see what progress is being made in improving child health. It has one of the highest rates of child mortality, but there are signs of improvement.
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First vaccine against deadly meningitis B will be available ‘within months’
Posted on 11 June 2011.
The first vaccine against meningitis B – the strain of the disease against which there is no protection – could become available here within months.
Posted in Family Health, Health, Vaccinations1 Comment
Big pharma offers cut-price vaccines to poor children
Posted on 10 June 2011.
IN WHAT appears to be an outpouring of benevolence, pharmaceutical companies have been falling over themselves to offer cheap vaccines to protect the world’s poorest children from preventable diseases.
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Tens of thousands of babies to have TB jab as NHS bosses admit infection ‘out of control’
Posted on 04 June 2011.
Thousands of babies could be vaccinated against tuberculosis amid concern over soaring rates of infection.
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Measles alert over travel to France
Posted on 14 May 2011.
Parents planning to take children to France on holiday should get them vaccinated against measles because France is in the grip of an epidemic, the Health Protection Agency says.
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Rwanda rolls out cervical cancer vaccine for girls
Posted on 26 April 2011.
Rwanda is today launching a cervical cancer vaccination programme for all its 12 to 15 year-old girls – the first comprehensive national scheme in Africa, where it is so badly needed.
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‘I believe all young people need this vaccination’
Posted on 19 April 2011.
The NHS offers jabs against cervical cancer. So why did Dr Karen Rogstad pay for her child to have a different injection?
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South African babies hold TB vaccine hopes
Posted on 27 March 2011.
The baby wiggles without care on his mother’s lap as the world’s most promising hope for the first new tuberculosis vaccine in 90 years is injected into his arm.
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Review flu vaccine for all under-fives, say MPs
Posted on 03 March 2011.
The medical committee that decided against vaccinating all under-fives against flu this winter should conduct a “comprehensive review” of extending immunisation, an influential committee of MPs has urged.
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HALF of men carry virus that causes cervical cancer
Posted on 02 March 2011.
Experts call for boys to be vaccinated to combat prevalent HPV virus
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How the farmyard bugs that help children avoid asthma could be turned into vaccine
Posted on 24 February 2011.
Farmyard bugs could help develop a vaccine for asthma, according to a study.
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Cancer specialist urges oral sex vaccinations
Posted on 21 February 2011.
All boys should be considered for vaccination against a virus transmitted by oral sex, which is strongly linked with a dramatic rise in throat and mouth cancers in young adults, a leading cancer specialist said yesterday.
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Boys ‘need sex-virus jab’
Posted on 20 February 2011.
Consideration should be given to routinely vaccinating young boys against a sexually-transmitted virus linked to mouth cancer, a leading expert says.
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Genital warts: NHS ‘must vaccinate’
Posted on 13 February 2011.
The NHS vaccinates teenage girls against cervical cancer with the Cervarix vaccine. It offers good protection, but does not also protect against genital warts.
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Swine flu vaccine likely causes child narcolepsy: study
Posted on 03 February 2011.
Children injected with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine were nine times more likely to contract narcolepsy than those who were not vaccinated, a preliminary study by Finland’s National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, showed Tuesday.
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Children given swine flu shots have an increased risk of narcolepsy, Finnish experts find
Posted on 02 February 2011.
Children given a swine flu vaccine have an increased risk of a sleep disorder, Finnish researchers have found.
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Uptake of cervical cancer jab ‘encouraging’
Posted on 28 January 2011.
A vaccination programme to protect girls against cervical cancer is one of the most successful in the world, the Department of Health said today.
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