Vaccinations

Explainer: Why has polio been found in London, New York and Jerusalem, and how dangerous is it? Polio, a deadly disease that used to paralyze tens of thousands of children every year, is spreading in London, New York and Jerusalem for the first time in decades, spurring catch-up vaccination campaigns. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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The hunt for a universal Covid-19 vaccine The first Covid-19 vaccines that work on all variants might be available as early as 2024. David Cox BBC_Future

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"A universal coronavirus vaccine would be a tremendous advance," says Wayne Koff, president and CEO of the Human Vaccines Project. "My expectation is that progress likely will be incremental, though there needs to be a major coordinated effort to achieve this goal."...

Millions more children to benefit from world’s first malaria vaccine: The pharmaceutical company GSK has been awarded a contract to produce the world’s first malaria vaccine so that millions more children will be protected against the killer disease, the UN Children’s UN News

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More than 30 countries have areas with moderate to high malaria transmission, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the vaccine could provide added protection to more than 25 million children each year once supply ramps up...

'Silent' spread of polio in New York drives CDC to consider additional vaccinations for some people A polio case identified in New York last month is "just the very, very tip of the iceberg" and an indication there "must be several hundred cases in the community circulating," a senior official with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN on Wednesday. Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent CNN

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