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Vaccines have helped us eradicate another strain of wild polio virus

The World Health Organization is expected to announce that wild polio virus Type 3 has been eradicated. Type 2 has been gone since 1999 - but more work is needed

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You probably score worse than monkeys on questions about the world

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You probably score worse than monkeys on questions about the world

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Child with Measles rash on their back

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Should the UK make childhood vaccinations mandatory?

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A lady gets a vaccine

HPV vaccinations seem to be creating herd immunity for US men

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Live, weakened virus is used in some forms of the polio vaccine

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Wild polio has been eradicated in Nigeria but infections will continue

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Vaccination rates have been declining in the UK

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The UK has lost its World Health Organization ‘measles-free’ status

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Chlamydia vaccine shown to be safe in first ever human trial

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Chlamydia vaccine shown to be safe in first ever human trial

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Cervical cancer rates are in decline thanks to the HPV vaccine

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Just one dose of the HPV vaccine may be enough to lower cancer rates

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Ebola case confirmed in major city in Democratic Republic of Congo

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HPV vaccine to be offered to UK boys as well as girls from September

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HPV vaccine to be offered to UK boys as well as girls from September

11 years after HPV vaccinations for girls started in UK schools, the injection is now set to be offered to boys across the UK too

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YouTube anti-vax videos are on the decline but are yet to be wiped out

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Louis Pasteur

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Ovarian cancer

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HPV vaccine has significantly cut rates of cancer-causing infections

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