HPV jab success

Jab fears

Antarctic summer saw the largest ship ever visit Antarctica: the Star Princess with 3,500 passengers and crew sailed amongst humpback whales and colonies of gentoo penguins. But, at a meeting this month in New Zealand of the treaty nations, several regulations are expected to be tightened for the southern high latitudes with knock-on effects for the Arctic. The meeting may also finally prohibit...

A jab at reality

Journalists and editors seldom highlight errors and misjudgements by other members of their trade. An exception was The Guardian’s story on 1 October headed “Media accused of scaremongering on cancer jab death” and subtitled “Coverage causing more harm than good”. The case at issue was that of a 14-year old Coventry schoolgirl who had died a few days previously, after receiving human papilloma ...

"A whiff, or a jab?

Big regional variations in take up of seasonal flu jab.

Less than half the front line healthcare workers in England have received the seasonal flu vaccine so far this winter - but the figure is up dramatically on last year.

Immunobiology of HPV and HPV vaccines.

Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection with both low- and high-risk types is common, but most infections resolve as a result of a cell-mediated immune response. Failure to induce an effective immune response is related to inefficient activation of innate immunity and ineffective priming of the adaptive immune response; this defective immune response facilitates viral persistence, a key fe...