Canada rugby team help with recovery efforts after typhoon cancels World Cup match
The clash with Namibia was called off after Super Typhoon Hagibis saw torrential rain and tornado-like winds hit large parts of Japan.
The clash with Namibia was called off after Super Typhoon Hagibis saw torrential rain and tornado-like winds hit large parts of Japan.
Vaccination rate for two-year-olds getting their first MMR dose has dropped for the fifth consecutive year.
Some health experts have condemned Health Secretary Matt Hancock for saying he is seriously considering mandatory vaccination.
Busy family life and needing to take time off work to get children vaccinated are all barriers to immunisation, researchers said.
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Digital Minister Matt Warman said there is no public good in “what is essentially more people dying as a direct result of misinformation”
New figures showed a decline in the proportion of children receiving NHS jabs.
Currently only 87.2% of UK children have had the second dose of MMR, down from a high of 88.6% in 2014-15.
The Tory leader was criticised for using police officers in a ‘political stunt’ and saw his Commons leader reproached by the chief medical officer.
Professor Dame Sally Davies said the Commons leader’s comments about Dr David Nicholl were ‘frankly unacceptable’.
Health officials say misinformation about vaccines on social media is as contagious and dangerous as the diseases it helps to spread.
THE public are being urged to ignore online ‘conspiracy theories’ and ‘mumbo jumbo’ about vaccinations – and instead listen to the evidence.
The Prime Minister was launching a drive to boost immunisation after the UK lost its measles-free status.
Many have rallied around the one-China policy amid tensions and protests in the former British colony.
Boris Johnson will visit a hospital in the South West on Monday.