Lots of news breaking in the media that around 1 million children aged 1 to 9 years are to be offered a booster polio vaccination. This follows the discovery of polio virus in the sewage from eight north and east London boroughs after the initial discovery some months ago. (Note: Ealing is not affected, but …
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On Flu Vaccines
There was an interesting (but long read) article in yesterday’s (19 March) Guardian about the work to identify which flu strains to put in this year’s vaccine – and some of the people who spend their lives trying to spot the emerging strains. It’s worth a read if only for background understanding. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/19/the-flu-hunters-trying-to-stop-the-next-pandemic-in-its-tracks
Immune Amnesia
This is rather interesting. And yes, you did read that correctly: your immune system can suffer from amnesia and forget everything it knows. It is commonly caused by measles – and is a very excellent reason to get your measles vaccination. Other virus can do this too, just not as efficiently as measles. The measles …
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HPV Vaccine Success
There’s a BBC report that the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is reducing the incidence of cervical cancer by around 87% amongst the the early cohorts of those vaccinated (who were inoculated around the age of 11-13 and are now in their 20s). However the results are less dramatic for the older teenagers who vaccinated as …
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