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NHS launches MMR vaccine catch-up campaign

The NHS in England has embarked on a campaign to ensure that more than 900,000 adults aged 19 to 25 receive their missed MMR...
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Disease X: Researchers analyse virus ancestry to predict next global pandemic

In the fight against infectious diseases, scientists are digging into the family trees of viruses to predict which one might cause the next big...
Gama Healthcare: preventing infections in healthcare settings

GAMA Healthcare: preventing infections in healthcare settings

GAMA Healthcare's eBook explores the importance of surface decontamination and patient hygiene to prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses in healthcare settings. In healthcare...
Inequalities in the HIV response

The impact of global inequalities within the HIV response

Inequality in all its forms is a barrier to reducing HIV transmission and ending the AIDS epidemic, Lorna Rothery spoke to Eamonn Murphy from...
mRNA vaccine technology

Developing mRNA vaccine technology

Following the unprecedented development of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, we spoke to Dinah Knotts about mRNA vaccine technology and what further opportunities it...
flu treatments

RECOVERY trial set to investigate revolutionary new flu treatments

The groundbreaking RECOVERY trial, celebrated for its discovery of four effective treatments for COVID-19, is broadening its horizons by venturing into the realm of...

GAMA Healthcare: infection prevention specialists

GAMA Healthcare is a market-leading company at the forefront of infection prevention technology. GAMA Healthcare specialises in the manufacture and distribution of scientifically proven infection...
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Health Europa Quarterly Issue 25

Welcome to Health Europa Quarterly Issue 25, where you will discover the latest health research addressing global health policy, antimicrobial resistance, medical technology, disease management,...
Respiratory viruses and infection control

Respiratory viruses and infection control

Lorna Rothery spoke to Dr Albert Osterhaus, expert virologist and Chairman of the European Scientific Working group on Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses about...
People with advanced HIV are more likely to die from monkeypox

People with advanced HIV are more likely to die from monkeypox

Researchers have identified a severe, necrotising form of monkeypox with high mortality in immunosuppressed people with advanced HIV. Most monkeypox infections in the current outbreak...
59% of long Covid patients had organ damage a year later

59% of long COVID patients had organ damage a year later

A new study has shown that organ damage persisted in 59% of long COVID patients a year after symptoms, even in those with mild...
Kidney health is key to surviving malaria

Kidney health is key to surviving malaria 

Researchers have revealed how maintaining good kidney health can stop dangerous parasites from entering the body and weakening the immune system.  A research team from...
Discovery of T-cells that protect against bacteraemic pneumonia 

Discovery of T-cells that protect against bacteraemic pneumonia 

A new study by the University of Liverpool reveals how resistance to bacteraemic pneumonia is provided by a unique subset of lung T regulatory...
Higher physical activity levels linked to reduced respiratory tract infections in children 

Higher physical activity levels linked to reduced respiratory tract infections in children 

Higher levels of daily physical activity are associated with reduced susceptibility to upper respiratory tract infections such as the common cold.  Upper respiratory tract infections...
Experts call for improved protection against public health crises 

Experts call for improved protection against public health crises 

Researchers have called for greater cooperation between human, animal, and environmental health organisations to improve response to public health crises.   A research team which includes...
The social and economic benefits of improved hand hygiene

The social and economic benefits of improved hand hygiene

Professor Dr Thomas Szucs, Director of the European Center of Pharmaceutical Medicine, and member of the Global Hygiene Council’s expert panel, discusses the widespread...
An anticancer drug could be used a sepsis treatment

An anticancer drug could be used as sepsis treatment 

Anticancer can drugs can limit inflammation, meaning they could be used as a sepsis treatment, according to researchers in Portugal. According to researchers from Instituto...
COVID-19 infection and vaccination provide protection against omicron BA.5

COVID-19 infection and vaccination provide protection against omicron BA.5

A study from the University of Lisbon has shown that vaccination and previous COVID-19 infection grants protection against omicron BA.5.  The study was led by...
Urgent need for revised chronic hepatitis B guidelines in Africa 

Urgent need for revised chronic hepatitis B guidelines in Africa 

A team of international researchers are calling for revised guides to help improve access to chronic hepatitis B treatment in Africa.  Hepatitis B is a...
One third of long Covid patients suffer from persistent loss of smell

One third of long Covid patients suffer from persistent loss of smell

According to the University of East Anglia (UEA), loss of smell is one of the most prevalent symptoms of long Covid patients.   New research from...

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