Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic - persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

A global emergency stockpile of Ebola vaccine is being deployed to curb the epidemic, although experts are confident that synergies in public health practises will ensure a rapid response to both.