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A Japanese dengue vaccine will soon be marketed in Indonesia, where the mosquito-borne viral disease is endemic.

For the first time, the world is seeing two simultaneous outbreaks of the Marburg virus – one in Equatorial Guinea, the other in Tanzania. The Marburg virus is just as deadly as Ebola, to which it is closely related, but it has been extremely rare until now.

Symptoms include fever, aches and a loss of appetitite

BBC Radio Newcastle’s Lisa Shaw had her first jab in May 2021 and died just a week later

COVID vaccines can be administered on the same day as an influenza vaccine.

The tick-borne virus encephalitis (TBEV) is causing concern after being identified in areas across the UK, with experts expecting it to spread as the weather gets warmer.

BBC Radio Newcastle’s Lisa Shaw had her first jab in May 2021 and died just a week later

Prof Ian Jones, Professor of Virology, University of Reading, said tick borne encephalitis (TBEV) - new to the UK and spreading - could lead to Brits being advised to get vaccines

When public health specialists look at the annual case counts, some see a trend that raises questions about how realistic the goal of a polio-free world might be.