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A health care worker prepares a meningitis vaccine. Photo: PATH/Gabe Bienczycki.

Breaking the taboo on including pregnant women in vaccine clinical trials

29 Jul 2026

8 min read

Cross-posts Maternal and child health

Vaccine impact: rubella birth defects drop by almost 75% since 2012

28 Jul 2026

4 min read

Rubella Vaccine information Research summary

Smaller COVID-19 vaccine booster doses match full-dose protection for up to two years

27 Jul 2026

3 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19

The world’s first Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine has entered human trials: here’s why it matters

23 Jul 2026

5 min read

Ebola Vaccine development

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Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, but solutions do exist – expert Q&A

21 Jul 2026

7 min read

Cross-posts Antimicrobial resistance

3D computer-generated image of a group of Gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. Photo by CDC on Unsplash

A Group B strep vaccine could save thousands of lives. But countries need to prepare now

14 Jul 2026

8 min read

Streptococcus Vaccine development

Physics-based simulations can help identify which peptide antibiotics can kill a bacteria like E. coli, pictured here using electron microscopy. (Nurgul D / Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-SA

How generative AI and physics can help design new antibiotics

10 Jul 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts AI

A century-old vaccine may have an unexpected role in protecting the brain

9 Jul 2026

4 min read

Tuberculosis Research summary

Advances in diagnostics, treatments and public health interventions are only effective if they can actually reach affected communities quickly and reliably. Image: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Why the fight against Ebola is a logistics challenge, not just a medical one

9 Jul 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Innovation Ebola

The Toben Gaa self-help group in Kenya discussing their agroforestry project, which helps smallholder farmers adapt to climate change. Joseph Gachoka/World Agroforestry/Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

A Super El Niño is coming: 5 hard‑won lessons the world can learn from Africa

8 Jul 2026

5 min read

Cross-posts Climate change

mRNA vaccines safe and effective, confirms Lancet review

6 Jul 2026

6 min read

Research summary COVID-19

Flu Cells visible under microscope. Credit: Cybercobra at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

What happened to the feared ‘subclade K’ flu strain?

3 Jul 2026

6 min read

Influenza

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