More than a decade after the first HPV vaccination programmes rolled out, data from multiple countries reveals a dramatic fall in cervical cancers and precancers, confirming that HPV vaccines are highly effective and extremely safe.

In 2009, almost a fifth of pregnant women at Nepal’s main maternity hospital were infected with rubella, a virus that causes miscarriages and birth defects. The road to safety has demanded grit and consistency, health workers say. 

Major push by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and lower-income countries to extend access to the HPV vaccine has reached its target ahead of schedule.

As a new branch of H3N2 influenza gains ground, we explore what it means for this season’s flu vaccine.

Rotavirus vaccine coverage took a hit during the pandemic in populous Zambezia province, Mozambique. Now authorities are racing to catch up.

Climate-caused heat and floods help disease-carrying insects spread to new places.

Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.

Twenty-eight primary healthcare centres in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, have gone solar, and the effects are being felt across the gamut of services.

Phase 2 trials are set to kick off for a revolutionary Nipah vaccine candidate, with an “investigational reserve” of doses to be kept at the ready for future epidemics.