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Very sick 5 year old little boy fighting measles infection, boy is laying in bed under the blanket with an agonizing expression, boy is covered with rash caused by virus.

Birth by C-section more than doubles odds of measles vaccine failure

13 May 2024

Researchers say it is vital that children born by caesarean section receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust protection against the...

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Young girl watching herself being injected with COVID-19 vaccine at a medical clinic

Significant gaps in COVID-19 vaccine uptake may have led to over 7,000 hospitalisations and deaths

15 Jan 2024

Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations and boosters by summer...

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Close up of a person being injected with a vaccine

‘Ageing’ immune cell levels could predict how well we respond to vaccines

27 Jun 2023

Cambridge scientists have identified a signature in the blood that could help predict how well an individual will respond to vaccines. The discovery...

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Patient receives Covid-19 vaccine

Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant were more likely to be admitted to hospital compared to patients with Alpha variant

31 Aug 2021

Largest study to date analysing more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases finds a two-fold increased risk of hospitalisation from delta versus alpha variant...

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Curious cows

Cost and scale of field trials for bovine TB vaccine may make them unfeasible

07 Jun 2018

Field trials for a vaccine to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-...

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One of the captive chimpanzees in the research trial receiving the oral Ebola vaccination

Final biomedical trial on captive chimpanzees is first oral Ebola vaccine for saving wild apes

09 Mar 2017

Oral vaccine offers hope for ape species ravaged by Ebola and other diseases, as it can be widely dispersed to save more wild animals. However...

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Vaccination uptake among Traveller communities significantly lower than in general population

19 Sep 2016

Traveller communities have significantly lower uptake of vaccinations compared to the general population, suggesting that more work needs to be done...

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Sick

Opinion: How your body clock helps determine whether you’ll get ill or not

17 Aug 2016

Akhilesh Reddy (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how circadian rhythms can affect whether you get the flu.

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Clock

Time of day influences our susceptibility to infection, study finds

15 Aug 2016

We are more susceptible to infection at certain times of the day as our body clock affects the ability of viruses to replicate and spread between...

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Opinion: Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?

02 Jun 2016

Michael Gaultois (Department of Chemistry), Joshua Conrad Jackson (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill), Ian Mahar (Boston University), and...

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Call to arms: how lessons from history could reduce the ‘immunisation gap’

25 Apr 2016

A rise in the number of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases has highlighted the growing trend for parents not to have their child vaccinated...

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Common chimpanzee

Ebola vaccine success highlights dilemma of testing on captive chimps to save wild apes

26 May 2014

Study illustrates “high conservation potential” of vaccines for endangered wild primates devastated by viral disease, but highlights need for access...

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