Whooping cough cases are on the rise across Australia, prompting medical experts to encourage vaccinations for children. The increase in cases coincides with the short supply of a popular medication called Azithromycin, used to treat the illness. The federal health department reported an increasing number of whooping cough cases from the start of this year, … Read more
Since it was first identified in 1983, HIV has infected more than 85 million people and caused some 40 million deaths worldwide. While medication known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can significantly reduce the risk of getting HIV, it has to be taken every day to be effective. A vaccine to provide lasting protection has … Read more
A deadly canine virus is sweeping through Victoria’s Gippsland, and has killed dozens of pet dogs in just weeks. Canine parvovirus (PVC) is a problem globally, but the recent flare up in Latrobe Valley has prompted urgent calls to pet owners in the eastern state, as experts fear the painful disease could continue to spread. … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning. In the first 12 weeks … Read more
The federal government’s spending priorities are shifting dramatically in the next fiscal year as federal programs put in place during or after the pandemic wind down and the government looks to trim costs across a variety of departments. The budgetary shift out of pandemic mode is most evident at the Public Health Agency of Canada … Read more
A 62-year-old man in Germany decided to get 217 Covid-19 vaccinations over the course of 29 months —for “private reasons.” But, somewhat surprisingly, he doesn’t seem to have suffered any ill effects from the excessive immunization, according to a newly published case study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The case is just one person, of … Read more
Florida health officials on Sunday announced an investigation into a cluster of measles cases at an elementary school in the Fort Lauderdale area with a low vaccination rate, a scenario health experts fear will become more and more common amid slipping vaccination rates nationwide. On Friday, Broward County Public School reported a confirmed case of … Read more
Malaria expert Brian Greenwood had once resigned himself to the possibility that a successful vaccine for the disease might not become available in his lifetime. Now, at 86 years old, the moment he’s spent four decades working toward has arrived. “It’s been a long journey with many ups and downs,” says Greenwood, still an active … Read more
