Not all travel vaccinations are free, and not all will be available from your GP. If you know which vaccinations you need, it is a good idea to call your GP surgery to find out whether they are available there and how much they will cost.
There have been more than 200 cases of polio in Pakistan since January - the first time infections have reached this level in nearly 15 years. Despite this, not everyone wants their children to be vaccinated. Abrar Khan, who is 26, makes his way into a poor neighbourhood of Karachi called Baldia.
The CIA has ended the use of vaccine programmes in its spying operations amid concerns for the safety of health workers, the White House has said. In a letter to US public health schools, a White House aide said the CIA stopped such practices in August.
We are used to hearing about medical breakthroughs: new science; new... We are used to hearing about medical breakthroughs: new science; new medicines; new treatments. But the healthcare most people receive most often is remarkably old fashioned. Injections and fixing broken bones seems to be brutally unchanged by time.
Public health chiefs are planning to get tougher on families who refuse or forget to get their children properly vaccinated against measles, by saying close contacts of probable cases should routinely face temporary exclusion from schools and childcare if they have not had their MMR jabs.
In this activity, students explore ethical issues related to fighting infection. Students learn about the science involved and the associated ethical dilemmas. They have opportunities to discuss and deliberate before making their own decision that they can justify.
My needle phobia goes back to when I was 5 years old. I was at the doctor's office with my younger sister, Lizz, when our doctor had a brilliant idea: "Why don't we give Kate her shot first so Lizz can see how easy it is?"
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