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Shed where father of immunology trialled first smallpox vaccine among 138 additions to Historic England list

Vaccines train the body's defenses to fight infections safely. Learn how vaccines work, how the immune system responds, and the science behind lasting immunity.

Social media has reached more than half (63.9%) of the world’s population since it got started in 1996. Social network platforms grew from 970 million users in 2010 to 5.41 billion in July 2025. The average social media user engages with between six and seven platforms. The average person spends…

Previously, fall is when Americans would typically receive their vaccines

BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) reported a third-quarter per-share loss of 14 cents (12 cents in euros) on Monday, a turnaround from earnings of 81 cents reported a year ago, missing the consensus earnings of 75 cents per share.

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has criticised the government’s decision to restrict free Covid boosters, describing it as unfair, confusing, and short-sighted, and urged a review of eligibility to protect vulnerable people still at risk

When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among kindergartners increased substantially. That’s the key finding from our new study published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Ella Halpern-Matthews has had half a lung removed and suffers from chronic chest infections

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of uncertainty, scientists worry that revolutionary treatments for cancer, immune dysfunction and genetic disease may be left on the lab bench.