Vaccination

Farmers are being urged to have their animals vaccinated against bluetongue disease.

Plea as rapidly spreading virus outbreak hits region
Livestock farmers have issued a plea to others across the region to vaccinate their animals against bluetongue virus serotype 3 (BTV-3) as the first case of a r...

Toddlers will now be able to get their flu vaccine at local pharmacies for the first time.

Toddlers can now get the flu vaccine at community pharmacies

Those eligible for the flu vaccine are being urged to take up the offer as soon as they can.

The full list of everyone eligible for the free flu vaccine

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection.

How to get the MMR vaccine - as one in five children unprotected

Whooping cough can have serious and deadly consequences for young babies.

How to get the whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy

Over 300,000 more people will now be eligible for the shingles vaccine.

You could be eligible for the shingles vaccine - check new criteria

From January next year children will be eligible for the chickenpox vaccine.

This is when your child will be able to get the chickenpox vaccine

Depending on the country you are travelling to, you may need to get vaccinations or take medication for malaria.

How to find out what vaccinations you need to get before you travel

A nurse prepares to give a patient the mpox vaccine.

New mpox vaccination sites opening across England - who is eligible?

How to prevent flu this Christmas

Health tips to prevent or reduce the impact of flu this Christmas

A new case of mpox has been detected in Leeds, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed.

The differences between the mild and deadly Mpox strains explained

Monkeypox pathogen. Credit: UKHS

Mpox symptoms as first case of Clade 1b strain found in the UK

The NHS are asking people to protect themselves from a 'tripledemic' of RSV, Covid and flu this winter.

What is the 'tripledemic'? Cold, flu and RSV risks explained

Sophie Dale with her son Levi who was nearly killed by measles.

Measles signs and symptoms as baby 'nearly dies'

Well Pharmacy is now urging people to book themselves in for a winter flu jab.

Pharmacists stock-up on flu jab after major outbreak in Australia

Kerry Hurt, who suffered a stroke after having the Covid jab in 2021.

Exclusive 'I was in a coma' - My devastating side effects from Covid-19 vaccine

'Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine left us disabled - we want compensation'

Sarah Moore told The Yorkshire Post: "As it stands the Vaccine Damage Payment Act is no longer fit for purpose, it offers too little, too late, to too few people. It is for that reason that these families have been compelled to bring this legal action." (Photo supplied by Leigh Day)

'Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme is outdated and urgently needs reform'

UK holidaymakers have been issued a travel warning for the Caribbean, parts of Africa, Central and South America as yellow fever is on the rise. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Killer disease hits tourist hotspots

Alzheimer’s disease: New vaccine ‘could reduce or prevent’ impact of illness and ‘eliminate toxic cells’

Alzheimer’s disease: Scientists believe new vaccine offers ‘fresh hope

In this Centers for Disease Control and Prevention handout graphic, from 2003, symptoms of one of the first known cases of the monkeypox virus are shown on a patient's.(Photo: CDC/Getty Images)

UKHSA want to ‘eliminate’ monkeypox after WHO announcement
The UK Health Security Agency have announced that the aim is to eliminate the monkeypox virus
Patrick Hollis

Covid-19 booster jabs will be ooffered to ‘vulnberable’ people this spring

Covid-19 booster jabs to be offered to most vulnerable this spring

Experts and officials from both the APHA and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) are closely monitoring the risk from bird flu.

Officials considering vaccinating poultry for bird flu amid new pandemic fears

Kasey died after receiving AstraZeneca vaccination on February 27, 2021.

Teenager died after getting 'thunderclap headache' following Covid-19 jab

Flase claims on social media suggest West Yorkshire Police is investigating the vaccine roll out

Fact check: West Yorkshire Police is not investigating the vaccine roll out

The Government is expected to announce a U-turn on mandatory Covid jabs for NHS staff (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory Covid jabs for NHS workers ‘to be scrapped’ amid staff shortage fears

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has welcomed the latest data as “promising”.

Omicron sufferers 'up to 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital': UKHSA

Katie Ormerod of Great Britain is a Team GB medal hope in Beijing. (Picture: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Winter Olympics - 100 days to the Beijing Games

The Government has said that from November 11, all staff in registered care homes in England must double jabbed if they are to continue working, unless they are medically exempt.

Thousands of care workers not fully vaccinated as deadline approaches

Delta variant twice as likely to cause hospitalisation

NHS staff and key workers receive the coronavirus vaccine (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Self-isolation rules change from today: this is what you need to know

A number of restrictions regarding the Games have been announced (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)

All the Covid rules for Tokyo Olympic Games Rhona Shennan

Boris Johnson during a school visit this week.

Boris Johnson’s lockdown caution is step in right direction – Yorkshire Post Let...

The Commons Public Accounts Committee praised the "world-beating" effort to get the jab to the most vulnerable, but warned it was essential not to lose momentum. Pic: PA

'Ministers must communicate better to keep public support on Covid vaccines''

Sir Simon spoke of the prospect of a “much more normal future” (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid-19 could become ‘much more treatable’ in next 6 to 18 months - according t...

Qari Asim is Senior Imam at Makkah Mosque, Leeds, and chair of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board. This was him conducting Friday prayers online last year.

All faiths must unite to stop vaccine disinformation – Qari Asim

Pictured, Karen Howden, Housekeeper at Saint Cecilia’s Care Home, receiving her Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination. Photo credit: submitted picture.

North Yorkshire care home head opens up about 'finally' receiving Covid vaccine

Covid restrictions may still be needed next winter despite the vaccine rollout -...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a vial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. Picture: Paul Ellis/PA Wire

Boris Johnson must provide clear and honest vaccination timetable: Andrew Vine

(Photo: Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

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The foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001 offers lessons today for the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, says Lord Haskins.

These lessons from foot and mouth need heeding over Covid-19 – Chris Haskins

Health officials have warned of a new measles outbreak in West Yorkshire.

Measles: Everything you need to know about the disease, how to spot it and how t...

Ashley Marshall examines a young limousin calf. Picture: James Hardisty

Disease prevention to the fore for new generation of farm vets

NFU president Meurig Raymond wants more action from government to implement fully its 25-year TB eradication strategy.

NFU leader calls for fresh impetus from government to tackle TB

Badgers emerge from their sett in a North Yorkshire wood. Photo by Whitfield Benson.

Star backs vaccine plan to halt badger cull

Huge cost of disease in livestock

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High price to pay if we do bomb Syria

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Don’t make badgers scapegoats for the spread of infection in cattle

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Vaccination urged over oral cancer

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Vaccination on offer for at-risk children

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Vaccination on offerfor at-risk children

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Vaccination 'has no hope of even controlling bovine TB'

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MMR vaccination call to parents

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MMR vaccination call to parents

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