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Gonorrhoea bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacteria (round) on the surface of a cell. N. gonorrhoeae is a Gram-negative bacteria that causes the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhoea. Symptoms include vaginal or urethral discharge and a burning sensation on urination.

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Meningitis vaccine may be a new weapon against 'super-gonorrhoea'

Two studies have found that young people who received a vaccine for meningitis have a lower rate of infection with gonorrhoea, which is caused by a related bacterium

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Empty Streets during Coronavirus Outbreak United Kingdom

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Health Check newsletter: Six lessons from the covid-19 pandemic

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A child receives the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against covid-19 in Paris in December 2021

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Myocarditis and covid-19 vaccines: How rare is it and who is at risk?

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A person cycles in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 3 September 2020

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Iceland targets herd immunity with controversial covid-19 strategy

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Facebook policy to stop vaccine misinformation only worked temporarily

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antibodies (red and blue) responding to an infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (purple). The virus emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and causes a mild respiratory illness (covid-19) that can develop into pneumonia and be fatal in some cases. The coronaviruses take their name from their crown (corona) of surface proteins, which are used to attach and penetrate their host cells. Once inside the cells, the particles use the cells' machinery to make more copies of the virus. Antibodies bind to specific antigens, for instance viral proteins, marking them for destruction by other immune cells.

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Antibody imaging technique could make it faster to develop vaccines

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Flu vaccines during pregnancy protect babies for 6 months after birth

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MARBURG, GERMANY - MARCH 29: Employees in special suits test the procedures for the manufacturing of the messenger RNA (mRNA) for the Covid-19 vaccine in German company BioNTech, in Marburg, Germany on March 29, 2021. BioNTech Marburg's coronavirus vaccine production target will be 2.5 billion doses for 2021, up from 2.3 billion as it is considered as one of the largest manufacturing facilities producing mRNA vaccines in the world. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was developed by Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin, a couple who are children of Turkish immigrants in Germany. (Photo by Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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2022 preview: mRNA tech behind covid-19 vaccines could get new uses

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A mass vaccination hub at Stamford Bridge stadium on 18 December

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Why the UK’s booster campaign mustn’t forget the vaccine hesitant

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Jeywellan Ochieng, 2, reacts after receiving the vaccine against Malaria as she is held by her mother Julliet Achieng at the Yala Sub County Hospital Mother and Child Healthcare (MCH) clinic in Gem, Siaya County, Kenya October 7, 2021. REUTERS/James Keyi

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2021 in review: World’s first malaria vaccine is approved

October saw the RTS,S malaria vaccine given the go-ahead for use outside trials for the first time – a momentous decision, decades in the making

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Why won't the West embrace Russia’s highly effective covid-19 vaccine?

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Why has the UK been so slow to vaccinate children against covid-19?

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Covid booster shots are pushing protection to unexpected heights

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A single vaccine could protect against many mosquito-borne diseases

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