9 June 2021
Research suggests the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is associated with a slightly increased risk of some bleeding disorders, but its benefits continue to outweigh the risks
4 June 2021
The UK medicines regulator has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 15, but the independent vaccination committee has not yet decided whether to extend the roll-out
3 June 2021
Governments and life science industry leaders have pledged to work towards a plan that could see vaccines ready in just 100 days in the event of a new pandemic.
3 June 2021
People who obtain information from social media sites such as YouTube are less willing to be vaccinated than others, findings from a UK study show
28 May 2021
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical arm Janssen, which is a single-dose vaccine, has now been approved by the UK medicines regulator
23 April 2021
A malaria vaccine produced by the team behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is 77 per cent effective in trials, offering hope of controlling a disease that kills an estimated 400,000 people each year, many of them children
29 January 2021
Clinical trials show that a new covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax is highly effective against a variant of the coronavirus vaccine circulating widely in the UK, but less effective against a variant in South Africa
19 August 2019
Three years after the measles virus was eliminated, the UK has lost its “measles-free” status, prompting the government to announce urgent action
8 July 2019
11 years after HPV vaccinations for girls started in UK schools, the injection is now set to be offered to boys across the UK too
17 May 2019
The UK should make measles vaccinations compulsory before children start school, according to an analysis of international measles data
