Vaccines-and-immunisation Articles

Rise in holiday measles infections sparks health alerts in NSW, SA and Victoria

Cases of the highly contagious virus jumped nearly threefold in 2025 as immunisation rates declinedGet our breaki...

US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’

Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babiesThe Trump administration has indicated that...

US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts

The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after...

CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says unionA union representing US Centers for...

FDA’s top vaccine official leaves post after less than four months

Trump administration gives no details about reason for departure of Vinay Prasad, but he had critics and had taken unusual actionsThe top vaccine...