The new malaria vaccine will prevent many deaths – but it’s by no means the end of the disease
The new R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be far more easily available than the first vaccine – but the reality of life in Africa will blunt its...
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Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
‘Safe and effective’: first malaria vaccine to be rolled out in 12 African countries
An initial 18m doses will be delivered over the next two years to combat a disease that kills nearly half a million children annually A...
Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued
Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks The manufacturer of one of only two cholera vaccines for use in...
Dismay as key oral cholera vaccine is discontinued
Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks The manufacturer of one of only two cholera vaccines for use in...
New malaria vaccine comes a step closer as experts say it’s ‘the best yet’
Latest trials on the R21 delight its creators who hope it can be approved next year but comes with fears that UK is set to...
‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics
The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerous The past five...
With 37 million in lockdown and Covid plans under fire, Chinese ask: what comes next?
Elderly residents are wary of the jab even as Omicron spreads, and critics say zero-Covid policy is not sustainable When nearby neighbourhoods went into lockdown,...
Harry and Meghan add voices to fierce critique of west’s Covid vaccine policies
Pair join Gordon Brown and 126 others in attack on ‘self-defeating nationalism, pharmaceutical monopolies and inequality’ Prince Harry and Meghan, the actor Charlize Theron and...
Germany hopes protein-based Covid vaccine will sway sceptics
About 1.4m doses of Nuvaxovid to arrive in country this week, after EU approval in December Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage...
