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Vaccine policy shifts and clinical breakthroughs: Key updates for the week ending July 1, 2025

The main news on vaccines this week centers on several significant policy changes, clinical trial results, and developments in the U.S. and global vaccine policy landscape that touch on these controversies. Key Vaccine...

3 July, 2025

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Summary of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence:
Annual report 2024

Introduction The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, established in September 2021 with the support of the German government, aims to transform global surveillance and response to public health threats by...

26 June, 2025

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Key areas of newest diphtheria research

1. Genomic surveillance and outbreak response Europe-Wide Outbreaks and Genomic Tracking: The largest diphtheria outbreak in Western Europe in 70 years occurred among migrants entering Europe in 2022, with sustained...

25 June, 2025

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The past diphtheria epidemic in the newly independent states of the former USSR: Situation, causes, and lessons learned

The 1990s witnessed a dramatic resurgence of diphtheria in the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, culminating in the largest epidemic of the vaccine era to date. This crisis, with over 140,000...

25 June, 2025

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Diphtheria’s global resurgence:
A preventable crisis demanding renewed and continuous vigilance

Diphtheria, once a global scourge, had been relegated to the margins of public health concern in much of the world thanks to decades of successful vaccination campaigns. Yet, in 2025, the disease is making a troubling...

25 June, 2025

4 min read

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Global measles resurgence:
A comprehensive analysis of current trends, prediction models, and public health implications

The global resurgence of measles represents a critical public health challenge, threatening decades of progress toward elimination. This review synthesizes recent research on measles epidemiology, prediction modeling...

19 June, 2025

7 min read

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Commentary:
Toward a pragmatic TBE vaccine schedule – a task for NITAGs

The tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccine was first licensed in 1976, at a time when the disease was, and remains, comparatively rare incidence in Austria is approximately 7 cases per 100,000 population. Because of this...

18 June, 2025

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US-HHS destroys decades of scientific reputation – a threat to life and health

The abrupt removal of all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) by the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has triggered intense backlash from the...

18 June, 2025

6 min read

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Scientific summary:
Pertussis epidemiology, immunity, and vaccination

The below review of recent pertussis research articles reiterates well-characterized pertussis dynamics but leave critical questions unanswered: Can mucosal vaccines outperform natural infection in blocking transmission...

12 June, 2025

7 min read

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Recent action by Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding ACIP

At the top of this week’s vaccine news, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the unprecedented step of dismissing all current members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP, The USA-NITAG). This...

12 June, 2025

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