Vaccines are a clinical product that is composed of live or dead material from an infectious agent – bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite – that elicit protective immunity against the pathogen ...

Covid vaccines saved lives. Lots of them. Research by the World Health Organization (WHO) now puts the number at 475,000 in the UK with many more kept out of hospital or off a ventilator.

The Hong Kong Observatory may upgrade the No 1 standby signal currently in force to a No 3 alert between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday as Typhoon Yagi continues to edge closer to the city. “According ...

It should be mandatory for all schools in Hong Kong to arrange on-campus influenza jabs for students, a government adviser on vaccines has said. Those who refuse to take part should have to ...

Babies are supposed to receive vaccines that protect against about 15 different infectious diseases. Most require more than one dose, which amounts to nearly 30 jabs by age two. Parents may be ...

Federal funding for COVID-19 vaccines will stop this year and the provinces and territories will be responsible for buying them, as well as determining the timing of the vaccinations, the Public ...

There is no antiviral treatment for the miserable but thankfully short-lived illness, and no vaccine—yet. But scientists at Moderna are in the late stages of testing what could be the first such ...

RFK Jr has long expressed views that conflict with scientific evidence, especially on vaccines, and his nomination has provoked opposition from public health experts. But he has also adopted ...

Archived: Guidance on the prioritization of initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine(s) [2020-12-18] Archived: Preliminary guidance on key populations for early COVID-19 immunization [2020-11-03] 2018 - ...

1 or KP.2 COVID-19 vaccine as follows: All adults 65 years of age or older Those 6 months of age and older who are: All individuals 6 months of age and over not listed above may receive an updated ...