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'Victorian diseases' like gout, tuberculosis and measles are at 5-year high in the North East

GSK plc (NYSE:GSK) intends to engage with regulators immediately after reporting positive headline results from a pre-specified efficacy interim analysis of the AReSVi 006 phase III trial, it anticipates regulatory submissions in the second half of 2022. AReSVi 006 is a phase III trial investigating GSK’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine candidate…

There are special reasons why measles-rubella elimination can be achieved together by July-August 2023

It's noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic in Accra as kids clamber over their mothers while they wait to get their measles vaccines. Outside, an area reserved for COVID-19 shots is empty. A health worker leans back in his chair and scrolls on a tablet.

The pandemic-related disruptions, diversion of resources from routine immunization and the relaxation of movement restrictions are some of the factors that have been attributed to the increase in measles cases globally

The rate of under-twos that have had both MMR vaccine doses has fallen to 85 per cent

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said immediate steps are needed to prevent a measles outbreak after the Russia's invasion has prevented families from accessing healthcare and vaccines

Over the course of the pandemic uptake of the measles vaccine has dropped, leading to the WHO warning that the UK is vulnerable to an "epidemic" of the very infectious disease.

According to health experts, a measles epidemic is underway.