How close are we to ridding the world of polio, why has it taken so long, and why does this…
Nigeria launched a vaccination campaign to stop the meningitis outbreak responsible for killing more than 300 people. Health workers will administer some 500,000 vaccinations in the northwest part of the country to protect people against the deadly disease. Another 800,000 vaccine doses are expected to arrive from the U.K. to be distributed throughout the country.
In 2017 new developments, new leaders and new threats promise to tug the reins of global health organizations and send us off in unexpected directions. In fact, we’re already feeling the road change beneath us.
The Venezuelan government’s apparent denial of the resurgence of diphtheria, a dangerous respiratory disease, has prompted confusion over the scope of the outbreak and renewed criticism of the Ministry of Health’s lack of transparency.
Scientists are delighted with a new study that suggests vaccines and antibiotics just need to target six pathogens to tackle 78 percent…
Health organizations have all the right weapons to eradicate polio, but can’t deploy them because of wartime conflict in Nigeria,…
Despite their wealth and superior access to health care, Europeans are the most skeptical about vaccine safety, according to the…
ATHENS — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has decried the high cost humanitarian organizations pay for vaccines – up to 20…
The Internet has made it easy to access to a vast array of information on health and medicine, but it…
Immunizations prevent 2 million to 3 million deaths around the world each year, according to UNICEF. However, due to lack…