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Hepatitis B vaccine at birth best protects newborns, new studies find

Newborn vaccination provides a vital safety net when a mother’s hepatitis B status is unknown.

1 May 2026

6 min read

Nurse Mercyline Chebet talking to a mother at Kanyarkwat Health Center. Credit: Pius Sawa

In Kenya’s West Pokot, a new health centre is nothing short of a health revolution

1 May 2026

6 min read

Maternal and child health

In Maintirano, in the Melaky region, a public health team is holding an outdoor awareness session to help curb the spread of mpox in Madagascar. Credit: DRSP Melaky.

In Madagascar, stigma is undermining the fight against mpox

30 Apr 2026

5 min read

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Model of bacteriophages. These are viruses that multiply inside bacteria and cause their death. In some cases they are used in the fight against bacteria instead of antibiotics. shoma81/Shutterstock

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs

1 May 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Health worker holding a newborn in her lap. Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Hepatitis B vaccine at birth best protects newborns, new studies find

1 May 2026

6 min read

Hepatitis Research summary

Nurse Mercyline Chebet talking to a mother at Kanyarkwat Health Center. Credit: Pius Sawa

In Kenya’s West Pokot, a new health centre is nothing short of a health revolution

1 May 2026

6 min read

Maternal and child health

Eliurus tuft-tailed rat. Photo by Elise Paietta

Why forest conservation is also public health

30 Apr 2026

7 min read

Cross-posts One health Research summary

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Model of bacteriophages. These are viruses that multiply inside bacteria and cause their death. In some cases they are used in the fight against bacteria instead of antibiotics. shoma81/Shutterstock

Bacteriophages: meet the viruses that hunt superbugs

1 May 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

Health worker holding a newborn in her lap. Photo by Jonathan Borba on Unsplash

Hepatitis B vaccine at birth best protects newborns, new studies find

1 May 2026

6 min read

Hepatitis Research summary

Eliurus tuft-tailed rat. Photo by Elise Paietta

Why forest conservation is also public health

30 Apr 2026

7 min read

Cross-posts One health Research summary

Stories from the Community

Nurse Mercyline Chebet talking to a mother at Kanyarkwat Health Center. Credit: Pius Sawa

In Kenya’s West Pokot, a new health centre is nothing short of a health revolution

1 May 2026

6 min read

Maternal and child health

In Maintirano, in the Melaky region, a public health team is holding an outdoor awareness session to help curb the spread of mpox in Madagascar. Credit: DRSP Melaky.

In Madagascar, stigma is undermining the fight against mpox

30 Apr 2026

5 min read

Samuel was missing out on routine vaccination, but the CBCHS immunisation program pulled him back in. Now he’s fully covered and protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. © Delphine Fri – CBCHS Cameroon

Cameroon: sixty years of trust help reach zero-dose children

29 Apr 2026

7 min read

CSO diaries Zero-dose children

Emerging Threats

Coronaviruses with their telltale spike proteins. Jezper/Shutterstock.com

Scientists have found a safer way to hunt for the next pandemic virus

29 Apr 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Research summary Pandemic preparedness

Mpox virus

Why mpox outbreaks can change course and what we can do about it

9 Apr 2026

5 min read

Mpox Outbreaks Research summary

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First European case of H9N2 bird flu reported in Italy – what you need to know

31 Mar 2026

3 min read

Cross-posts Influenza

Tales from the Past

Impression during the indoor excavation in the music hall of the Stadtcasino. Credit: Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt; photograph by Adrian Jost.

Mass grave reveals who really died in Switzerland’s last plague outbreak

15 Apr 2026

5 min read

Research summary

Medic gives a shot to soldier near front line (SC 361229), National Museum of Health and Medicine

Defensive manoeuvres: the vaccines the military made

2 Apr 2026

14 min read

Vaccine development

George Washignton, original series painted by Gilbert Stuart. Photo by Library of Congress on Unsplash

How George Washington weaponized smallpox inoculation

16 Mar 2026

11 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks COVID-19

Making Vaccines Work

A mother attends an immunisation session with her baby in Tanganika, DRC. Credit: VillageReach/Victor Useni

What happens when a caregiver keeps returning and the vaccine is still not there?

17 Apr 2026

7 min read

Photo by Alexander Mass on Unsplash

Six lessons human health can learn from animal vaccination programmes

7 Apr 2026

6 min read

Rabies One health

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Infection vs vaccination: which really raises autoimmune disease risk?

30 Mar 2026

6 min read

Vaccine information Research summary

Gavi Matters

Mothers sit with their children during a malaria vaccination session in Burkina Faso. Credit: Gavi/2024/Arnauld Yalgwueogo

Malaria vaccines are working. We cannot afford to lose momentum.

25 Apr 2026

4 min read

A female health worker administering a vaccine to a child as he is held by his mother in Somalia, during the Reach Zero Dose Children (ZDC) campaign. Credit: Gavi/2024/Mohamed Abdihakim Ali.

The Big Catch-Up has achieved much of what it set out to do. Its legacy could last generations

24 Apr 2026

5 min read

Routine immunisation Zero-dose children

A DHIS2 user explores a dashboard during refresher training in May 2022. Credit: PSI Laos

Achieving immunisation impact through strengthened data systems

16 Apr 2026

7 min read

Data Zero-dose children

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The Long Tail

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Disease Detectives

Meet the scientific sleuths hunting down the next pandemic

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Book Club

Read reviews, interviews and recommendations of some of our favourite books, podcasts and films

Value of vaccination

Value of vaccination

Find out how vaccines save millions of lives a year, boost economies and allow children to grow and learn

Pandemic Culture

Pandemic Culture

Discover the street art, and the artists behind it, that helped us make sense of the pandemic era

Opinions

A mother and baby at an immunisation session in Kakuma, Kenya.

For every generation, vaccines work – if we make them work

27 Apr 2026

3 min read

Routine immunisation

A nurse shares educational materials with mother to protect her family from malaria. Copyright: Raw Pixel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Africa’s malaria fight needs stronger local research

22 Apr 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Malaria

Residents inspect their destroyed homes. Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim on Unsplash

Health‑care workers risk their lives in warzones. Are we protecting them enough?

13 Apr 2026

4 min read

Cross-posts Conflict & humanitarian

A farmer near Pursat, Cambodia. International organizations are developing solutions to protect people and animals from infectious disease in a highly interconnected world. Image: WHO / Yoshi Shimizu

How ‘One World, One Health’ can move beyond a slogan to become a shared reality

7 Apr 2026

6 min read

Cross-posts One health

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