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Little risk of onward hantavirus transmission as variant identified – expert

It comes as a Briton on board is set to be medically evacuated from the ship.

Evening Standard

Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding

Campaigner criticises ‘shortsighted and self-defeating’ decision and says it increases risk to the UK public

The Guardian - UK

The Kent meningitis outbreak: what is happening and why?

Causes of meningitis, what the public health response has been, and how the situation differs from Covid

The Guardian - UK

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Desperate parents calling pharmacies for meningitis jab as stocks run low

Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously ill

The Guardian - UK

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies

The Guardian - US

Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore

Scientists fear decision may increase vaccine hesitancy, but other countries are still willing to invest in research

The Guardian - UK

Scientists criticise cut in UK funding for global vaccination group

Five-year £1.25bn pledge to Gavi is 40% cut in real terms, which experts say will cost lives in developing countries

The Guardian - UK

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Cuts to UK’s global vaccination funding would risk avoidable child deaths, experts warn

Exclusive: Scientists also say any reduction in Foreign Office funding for vaccine alliance Gavi would harm UK’s soft power

The Guardian - UK

What is driving the winter flu crisis in England?

A look at whether influenza is causing more problems than normal and what else is behind the pressure on the NHS

The Guardian - UK

Alice in Wonderland review – a perfect promenade show for children

Andrew Pollard turns Lewis Carroll’s classic into a delightful quest, tirelessly acted and cleverly designed

The Guardian - UK

Cost of private Covid jabs risks widening health inequalities, experts warn

Concerns that some groups who are more at risk from virus face hefty price tag, as Boots set to charge almost £100 a shot

The Guardian - UK

UK in Midst of a Measles Emergency, Sparking Renewed Urgency To Address Vaccination Gaps

In under two years, the UK saw the removal of its measles-free status with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declaring it a national incident.

International Business Times UK

‘This is urgent’: the UK is scrambling to stem an alarming tide of measles

How did the country get from a 2017 WHO declaration that the disease had been eliminated in Britain to the current crisis?

The Guardian - UK

Expert issues stark measles warning after outbreaks erupt in parts of England

The rise in Measles Mumps and Rubella cases are linked to lower vaccination rates across England

The Independent UK

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New Covid variant Juno surges as expert warns school return will fuel more cases

Rapid rise of global ‘Juno’ variant infections is yet another reminder ‘pandemic is far from over’, warns virologist

Evening Standard

Why does it seem everyone in the UK is ill at present? Covid and hay fever largely to blame

Here are the illnesses to be wary of — despite warmer spring weather — and how to avoid them

Evening Standard

Covid: New JN.1 variant could prompt surge in cases as kids return to school, says expert

Spread of virus adds 'extra burden' on NHS amid strikes and rising flu cases

The Independent UK

UK experts recommend chickenpox shot for kids for the first time, decades after other countries

An expert scientific committee advising the British government recommended for the first time Tuesday that children should be immunized with the chickenpox vaccine — decades after the shots were made widely available in other countries, including the U.S., Canada and Australia

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The Independent UK

Childhood chickenpox vaccine recommended for use on the NHS

Youngsters should be offered two doses when they are aged 12 months and 18 months, scientists have said.

The Independent UK

Disease X vaccine ‘could be ready within 100 days of new threat emerging’

Researchers will also seek ways to speed up manufacture of jabs so vaccines could be rolled out more quickly in the event of a future outbreak.

The Independent UK

100 days vaccine goal for new pandemic threats is ‘really tall order’

The UK Health and Security Agency has launched a major research facility to develop vaccines against potentially deadly pathogens.

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s Covid research led the world – why have our clinical trials fallen off a cliff?

Pressures on the NHS, a lack of doctors and post-Brexit delays are hampering our ability to develop cutting-edge drugs, says Prof Sir Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group

The Guardian - UK

‘A silver lining’: how Covid ushered in a vaccines golden era

Pandemic accelerated advances in vaccine technology, opening up possibilities for combating array of diseases

The Guardian - UK

Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’

Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives

The Independent UK

Andrew Bridgen vows to ‘continue to ask questions’ about vaccines after Tory suspension

MP says his tweet was ‘in no way antisemitic’ – but says sorry for ‘any offence caused’

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