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The latest updates from leading public health agencies and international organizations, gathered automatically every hour. Each story is a short summary with a link to the original publisher.
As the cold season nears, universal immunisation of newborns against RSV could significantly reduce infant hospitalisations across Europe (opens the original article on ECDC)
As the season for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory diseases approaches, a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) indicates that universal immunisation of newborns against RSV could substantially reduce hospitalisations among infants…
Ebola: 20 contacts released from quarantine in Kenya, amid vaccine ‘hope’ in DR Congo (opens the original article on UN News)
Twenty people associated with Kenya’s first case of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease have been reunited with their families after being released from quarantine following completion of a mandatory 21-day monitoring period.
World Polio Day 2026: Americas mark 35 years free of wild poliovirus as vaccination gaps persist (opens the original article on PAHO)
World Polio Day 2026: Americas mark 35 years free of wild poliovirus as vaccination gaps persist Cristina Mitchell 23 Oct 2026
Progress update on the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program (opens the original article on PHAC)
The Government of Canada is committed to supporting people in Canada who have experienced a serious and permanent vaccine-related injury through the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program (VIAP) and to providing claimants with the information they need to navigate the process…
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 18:44 EDT. Headlines and short summaries link to the original publishers.