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Vaccination
Animal diseases on the rise due to climate change, warns industry
Est. 4minGlobal warming has led to a rise of new and reemerging diseases, which have seriously affected animals, the European animal health industry has warned.
WHO promotes vaccination to eradicate measles
Est. 4minThis week is the World Health Organisation's 10th annual European Immunisation Week. Running from 20-25 April, the annual event aims to raise awareness of the importance of vaccination in the EU. EURACTIV France reports.
Distrust of vaccinations on the rise across EU
Est. 5minEuropeans are turning away from vaccines, amid rising distrust of immunisation for infectious diseases. France's Constitutional Council has upheld legislation obliging parents to have their children innoculated. EURACTIV France reports.
INFOGRAPHIC: Too Many Unnecessary Child Deaths
Est. 1minAccording to the World Health Organization, some 6.6 million children, under the age of 5, died in 2012, half of them from conditions that were preventable, or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions.
INFOGRAPHIC: A silent cull of the world’s children
According to the World Health Organization, some 6.6 million children, under the age of 5, died in 2012, half of them from conditions that were preventable, or treated with access to simple, affordable interventions.
In Mali, a perilous push to vaccinate children
Est. 5minBraving minefields and sporadic fighting, health workers have carried out a campaign in recent days to vaccinate thousands of children in northern Mali against measles, polio and other deadly diseases.
Spike in measles triggers EU action
Est. 3minA spike in measles cases across Europe led by France – caused by the difficulty of innoculating migrant, religious and complacent communities – has triggered moves to co-ordinate vaccination across the continent.
Finns table evidence on Pandremix-narcolepsy link
Est. 1minFinland's National Public Health Institute (THL) today (1 February) said that young people between 4 and 19 years of age, who received Pandremix swine flu vaccine in 2009-2010 had manifold increased risk of falling ill with narcolepsy, a chronic disease of the central nervous system, which makes affected people to fall asleep suddenly and unexpectedly.
EU farm ministers reject calls for mass vaccination
Est. 1minEU agriculture ministers reject calls for mass animal vaccination whilst UK and Netherlands lobby for urgent review of animal health policy
Vaccination debate hijacks informal agriculture meeting
Est. 1minFoot-and-mouth set to dominate informal two-day meeting of EU agriculture ministers
Zoo animals to be vaccinated
Est. 1minVeterinary and zoo experts in favour of vaccination of endangered species in zoos in principle