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Threat of untreatable gonorrhoea ‘could be tackled with meningitis vaccine’

An existing meningitis vaccine could be used to help protect against gonorrhoea amid rising global cases and growing bacterial resistance to drugs, a new study suggests Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) which, if untreated, can ...

13 Apr 2022 at 00:55

Fourth booster ‘significantly’ increases protection

Fourth Covid-19 jabs give people protection “over and above” that afforded to people who have had three jabs, a new study suggests. Research is continuing to assess the levels of protection people have after vaccination, and for the length of ...

10 May 2022 at 00:55

Monkeypox cases are rare in children and parents should not worry, experts say

Parents should not worry about their children having monkeypox as cases in youngsters are rare, and it is more likely any rash is due to chickenpox or hand foot and mouth disease, experts have said. It came as the UK Health Security Agency ...

25 May 2022 at 00:30

New malaria vaccine could drastically reduce child deaths, say scientists

Malaria booster vaccine shows durable efficacy, study suggests

A malaria vaccine created by Oxford researchers “is really exciting” and could contribute towards drastically reducing the number of children who die from the infection, experts suggest. A new study reports on the effectiveness of a ...

08 Sept 2022 at 09:13

Covid jabs ‘saved 20 million lives in one year’

Around 20 million lives around the world were saved thanks to the Covid-19 jabs in the first year of the vaccine programme, according to new estimates. The first ever Covid-19 jab outside a clinical trial was administered in the UK ...

24 Jun 2022 at 00:30

‘Taking metformin after positive test reduces risk of long Covid’ – trial

Taking a common diabetes medication after testing positive for coronavirus may reduce the risk of obese and overweight people developing long Covid by 40%, new research suggests. The study found that 6.3% of people who took ...

08 Jun 2023 at 23:30

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