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The importance of robust cleaning in patient care
Understanding the correct cleaning processes and protocols for different environments is integral to mitigating the threat of infectious diseases and maintaining high levels of...
A Milestone in Global Health: A New Polio Vaccine Approved For Emergency Use
In a major breakthrough for global health, a new polio vaccine has received WHO prequalification. This innovative vaccine addresses persistent challenges and strengthens efforts...
Revolutionising the fight against Ebola
In a new special report, B Medical Systems, a medical cold chain innovator, delves into the fight against the Ebola virus, its impact over...
Air disinfection technology to reduce infection transmission
AirPurity’s innovative and adaptive air disinfection technology can eliminate dangerous hospital-acquired infections efficiently and cost-effectively.
Hospital-acquired infections pose a significant risk to patients and an...
The Role of Environmental Hygiene in Preventing Infections
Navigate the intricate web of infection prevention through the lens of environmental hygiene, revealing unseen layers vital for safeguarding public health.
Maintaining environmental hygiene is...
NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens
A Phase 1 trial testing the safety of an experimental nasal vaccine that may provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2,...
New biomarkers to enable personalised flu vaccine schedule
Researchers have developed a method that could enable a personalised flu vaccine schedule for long-lasting immunity.
Influenza affects up to five million people worldwide...
Pandemic preparedness in 2024: Lessons learned and future directions
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the critical importance of pandemic preparedness and shaping more resilient healthcare systems.
What have we learnt from the infected blood inquiry?
Yesterday (20 May 2024), the infected blood inquiry published the “catalogue of failures”, which led to thousands of people receiving contaminated blood and blood...
Infected blood inquiry: The worst treatment disaster in NHS history
A public inquiry into the contaminated blood product disaster in the 1970s and 1980s will announce its findings on Monday 20 May 2024, after thousands...
Measles vaccine less likely to work for C-section children
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have emphasised that children born by caesarean section must receive two doses of the measles vaccine for robust...
52% of England’s care home residents get spring COVID-19 vaccine
NHS England confirms that over half of England’s care home residents have received their spring COVID-19 vaccine.
In April 2024, the NHS booking system for...
Duke University creates long-lasting flu vaccine
Duke University researchers have unveiled a promising breakthrough in the ongoing battle against influenza viruses.
Their pioneering research has developed a universal, long-lasting flu vaccine...
Unravelling the complexities of the immune system with AI
AI is helping to broaden our understanding of the immune system, including how it responds to and stores information on external pathogens and diseases....
Thousands to benefit from rapid hepatitis C testing in England
The NHS has announced that thousands of people in England are set to receive rapid hepatitis C testing in the health service's latest drive...
NHS MMR campaign successfully boosts vaccine uptake
Due to the NHS MMR campaign, tens of thousands more vaccinations were delivered in the first three months of this year compared with 2023.
Using AI to develop diagnostic technologies
Oxford University scientists created a world-first AI diagnostic test that could dramatically improve the efficiency of viral testing. Lorna Rothery spoke to co-developer Dr...
Addressing the true causes of obesity
Lorna Rothery spoke to Jacqueline Bowman-Busato, Head of Policy at the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), to find out the true...
Study reveals the mechanism behind COVID brain fog
A team of US researchers has potentially uncovered the cause of COVID brain fog and may help identify treatments.
Challenges and opportunities for cervical screening and HPV vaccine uptake
Despite being one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer, many barriers to cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccine uptake exist. We...