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Covid-19 vaccines added to routine immunisation schedule in US

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for routine immunisations in children and adults to include covid-19 vaccines

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The young patient watches the nurse put a bandage on her injection site.

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The first ever vaccine against RSV could be approved in 2023

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The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, but can be severe in vulnerable people

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Why we probably won't get new covid-19 vaccines in 2023

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People queue up to receive the Medigen and Moderna vaccines for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Taipei's main train station on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)
A person receives a smallpox vaccine to protect against mpox in LA, California, in August 2022

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Targeted vaccine campaigns helped the West get on top of monkeypox

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A transmission electron micrograph of Streptococcus pyogenes

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Strep A kills 500,000 people a year, so why isn’t there a vaccine?

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An electron micrograph of an HIV virus particle (red/yellow) budding from the plasma membrane of an infected T cell (blue), which make up part of the immune system

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Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study

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An mRNA vaccine protects mice against deadly plague bacteria

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Human cells infected with influenza virus

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Promising universal flu vaccine could protect against 20 strains

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Vaccine to prevent UTIs could be taken as a dissolving tablet

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Respiratory syncytial virus - viral vaccine under research

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When will a vaccine for RSV be available in the US?

The US has seen a huge surge in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, mostly in young children. Two companies aim to make vaccines for children and elderly people available next year

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Illustration of a B cell producing antibodies

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Vaccines that prolong the immune response may give better protection

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The uptake of covid-19 vaccines varies substantially between children aged 12 to 15 in England

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Covid jab rates vary in England in children of different ethnicities

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UK isn't prepared for the next pandemic, says ex-vaccine chief

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There is no approved vaccine against Zika, but a vaccine candidate has shown promise in mice

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Experimental Zika vaccine stops the virus from replicating in mice

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