Global Health

A GBS vaccine could save lives and money, say researchers

A GBS vaccine could save lives and money, say researchers

A study published in PLOS Medicine in March 2023 suggests that the human and financial benefits of a Group B Streptococcus (GBS) vaccine would be significant but equitable access would depend on tiered pricing.   GBS  Streptococcus agalactiae is commonly known as...

LG Chem wins bid to supply essential vaccines for children

LG Chem wins bid to supply essential vaccines for children

South Korean chemical company LG Chem announced in March 2023 that it will supply essential vaccines for infants and young children to “solve global public health issues”. It won a supply contract worth a total of $200 million in a UNICEF bid with vaccines for polio...

Experts call for change in the epidemic ecosystem

Experts call for change in the epidemic ecosystem

Writing in The Lancet in March 2023, public health experts called for “ambitious, transformational change” to the “epidemic countermeasures ecosystem”. The authors, including past interviewee Dr Jerome Kim of IVI, draw on years of collective experience to recommend...

Study suggests sleep key to successful vaccine responses

Study suggests sleep key to successful vaccine responses

A study published in Current Biology in March 2023 suggests that getting sufficient sleep in the days surrounding vaccination is key to optimising antibody responses. Although this might seem an obvious assumption, the authors state that “simple behavioural...

Exclusive interview with Dr Mark Feinberg

Exclusive interview with Dr Mark Feinberg

With just two months until the World Vaccine Congress in Washington we are delighted that some of our wonderful speakers are keen to take part in exclusive interviews for the community. These interviews will be shared in preparation for the event as well as...

Queensland’s quest for an Australian cattle vaccine

Queensland’s quest for an Australian cattle vaccine

Researchers at the University of Queensland are pursuing an experimental vaccine to tackle a venereal disease that “causes cattle infertility and costs the industry hundreds of millions of dollars”. Bovine trichomoniasis protozoa vaccines are available in other...

Maternal vaccination information in New Zealand

Maternal vaccination information in New Zealand

A study in Midwifery in February 2023 examines the quality of maternal vaccination information available in pregnancy to patients in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The authors suggest that, although there is no fee to get vaccinated in the country, “less than half of all...