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UK adds chickenpox to childhood vaccination schedule

The UK will offer free vaccination against chickenpox to young children from the start of 2026, in the hope of eliminating cases in a couple of years.

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RFK Jr revives childhood vaccine task force

HHS Secretary Kennedy adds yet another layer of scrutiny to childhood vaccines with the re-establishment of a task force disbanded in the 1990s.

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First malaria drug for newborns and young infants cleared

A new formulation of Novartis' antimalarial Coartem has become the first medicine to be approved for use in very young children.

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Barriers are limiting UK childhood vaccination, say doctors

Vaccination rates for children are declining in the UK, but it's not just because of vaccine hesitancy.

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Alarm as study finds global vaccination coverage stalls

Millions of children around the world are at risk of serious infectious diseases because immunisation programmes have stalled, says a new study.

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Biogen bids to extend use of Skyclarys to younger patients

Biogen has started a new phase 3 trial that aims to extend the use of its Friedreich's ataxia drug Skyclarys to patients as young as two.

UK adds chickenpox to childhood vaccination schedule

RFK Jr revives childhood vaccine task force

First malaria drug for newborns and young infants cleared

Barriers are limiting UK childhood vaccination, say doctors

Alarm as study finds global vaccination coverage stalls

Biogen bids to extend use of Skyclarys to younger patients

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