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Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in largest trial yet

People who received a personalised melanoma skin cancer vaccine on top of a standard treatment were less likely to die over the study period than those who had the standard treatment alone

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A pregnant person receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania in February 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy not linked to miscarriage or stillbirth

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People queue at a monkeypox vaccination site in Encino, LA in California, in July

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Vaccinating less than half of high-risk men may stop monkeypox spread

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Bronchiolitis is most commonly caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

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RSV vaccine that may protect against bronchiolitis has promise in mice

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A person receives a covid-19 vaccine in Glasgow, Scotland, in July 2021

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Covid-19 vaccines may ward off long covid even if given post-infection

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Epstein-Barr virus causes glandular fever and is increasingly being linked to multiple sclerosis

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Vaccine may protect against the virus behind multiple sclerosis

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Blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) on a leaf, carrier of the Lyme disease, 2005.

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mRNA vaccine against tick bites could help prevent Lyme disease

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Vaccine skin patch

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Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections

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A vaccination clinic at an elementary school in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.

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Prioritising covid vaccines for people of colour may have saved lives

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Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green stand outside the University of Oxford

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Interview: The women behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has saved 27,000 deaths in England since the beginning of the year. Clare Wilson speaks to some of its creators - Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green and Theresa Lambe - about the rollercoaster of events that led to this historic achievement

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Covid-19 boosters work well but we don't need them yet

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Risk of covid-19 infection plummets 21 days after a vaccination

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WHO boss wants 10 per cent of every country vaccinated by September

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Breastfeeding and covid-19 vaccines - will they affect your baby?

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