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The latest research, news and data on vaccination and health.

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A health worker prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine. Credit: Gavi/2022/Nipah Dennis

What are the biggest vaccine breakthroughs coming in 2026? We asked five experts

5 Jan 2026

7 min read

Vaccine information

The pain after the bite: Tracking Chikungunya’s debilitating impact in East Africa

15 Dec 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Chikungunya

Close-up of a hand holding a blue and white vial of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. Credit: Spencer Davis on Unsplash

Massive four-year study finds no increase in deaths linked to COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

12 Dec 2025

4 min read

COVID-19 Research summary

The world is facing a cancer crisis that’s hitting the most vulnerable hardest

8 Dec 2025

4 min read

Cross-posts

A man presenting a tattooed shoulder post-vaccination. Credit: RawPixel/Freepik

Could tattoos affect the protection we get from vaccines?

8 Dec 2025

4 min read

Research summary

The Butantan Institute has already produced more than one million doses of the Butantan-DV vaccine. Copyright: André Rico/Butantan Institute for SciDev.Net

Single-dose dengue vaccine ‘will help Amazon communities’

4 Dec 2025

5 min read

Cross-posts Dengue Climate change

A bowl of yoghurt. Photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash

How vaccines – and yoghurt – could reduce colonisation with antibiotic-resistant bugs

1 Dec 2025

5 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Routine immunisation Pneumococcal

A COVID-19 patient in South Africa, 2020. Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images

Long COVID’s hidden toll: the South Africans still battling fatigue, anxiety and memory loss

28 Nov 2025

6 min read

Cross-posts COVID-19

Woman getting vaccine shot by male medic. Credit: Freepik

Could mRNA vaccines end brutal flu seasons?

26 Nov 2025

3 min read

Influenza

Man coughing with arm outstretched. Credit: Towfiqu barbhuiya/ Unsplash

That urge to hide yourself away when you’re sick? Scientists might have found the cause

25 Nov 2025

3 min read

Research summary

High angle pills beside virus bacteria. Credit: Freepik

Common bacterial infections becoming increasingly untreatable, WHO warns

21 Nov 2025

5 min read

Antimicrobial resistance

A female health worker prepares the HPV vaccine during its introduction in Kosovo in 2024. Credit: Gavi/2024/Armend Nimani

The HPV vaccine is erasing cancer – here's the proof

17 Nov 2025

8 min read

HPV Spotlight on HPV

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