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The chickenpox vaccine should be introduced for children on the NHS, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended. They suggest two doses of the jab, also known as the varicella jab, should be given to youngsters when they are 12 months and 18 months old.

Government advisers have called for a vaccination programme to target the growing threat of a biblical disease that has hit a record high in the 21st century. The latest NHS data shows that there were more cases of gonorrhoea, the ancient sexually transmitted infection, in England in 2022 than at any time since records began more than 100 years ago.

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direct to your inbox The government announced it was ramping up its coronavirus vaccination programme last week - offering millions more jabs to adults in the UK as it gradually attempts to ease lockdown restrictions.

direct to your inbox The head of the Oxford University vaccine group has sought to reassure the public over its coronavirus jab after several countries temporarily suspended its use.

at a Downing Street press conference this evening, the Oxford Vaccine Group director Professor Andrew Pollard today hailed it as "very exciting day" and said he hoped it "will be part of what could be the end of the problems we're facing." "Our results today show that in our primary analysis, that the vaccine had 70 percent efficacy, which is fantastic" he said."That's high efficacy like we get with flu vaccines and has the potential to have a really important impact on the pandemic."Because we

UK vaccine trial boss has warned that life may not get back to normal until the summer next year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Pollard, of the Oxford vaccine trial team, said that Scots may have to follow strict rules on face coverings until July - even if vaccine tests turn out to be successful.

coronavirus vaccine may have gathered enough safety and efficacy data by the end of the year, according to Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group.