A new study has cast a sobering light on Uganda’s immunization efforts, revealing alarmingly high levels of vaccine wastage ...

Academic researchers in Massachusetts believe the standard BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) vaccine could have a remarkable second use: a treatment to reverse advanced type 1 diabetes.

The story of tuberculosis goes back to the start of recorded human history, and since the 1800s it’s estimated it has been responsible for over 1 billion deaths. In New Zealand today we don’t have ...

While tuberculosis is not a major health issue in New Zealand, worldwide it remains the leading infectious disease killer.  ...

Since 2010, progress in vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed in many countries, with measles vaccination declining in 100 ...

A new preclinical study unveils a more powerful and effective immunotherapy for bladder cancer and other solid tumours.BCG ...

Additionally, the proportion of children receiving the measles vaccine declined in 100 of 204 countries, with the largest ...

The new €2.4 billion paediatric hospital in Dublin will be officially known as the National Children’s Hospital Ireland, ...

The new €2.4bn national children’s hospital is now unlikely to be named after any historical figure but will be known as the ...

A new preclinical study unveils a more powerful and effective immunotherapy for bladder cancer and other solid tumours.

A new study of country-level childhood vaccination data for 204 countries and territories worldwide finds that, while overall vaccine coverage doubled against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping ...

The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is a cornerstone of global infectious disease prevention. In 2024, WHO celebrated the 50th anniversary of this initiative.1 Since its inception in 1974, ...