Vaccination

Parents are being encouraged to take up the vaccination offer for their children

Health chiefs launch push to protect more children against measles

An older couple

Winter vaccinations begin for more eligible people

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

Dr Nicola Jay, Consultant Paediatrician

Vaccination: Your first line of defence this autumn

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

A vaccinated pregnant woman

Flu vaccination programme set to begin for children and pregnant women

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
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Over 75s are eligible for a COVID booster

Last chance to book your spring COVID booster

More than 3,000 pregnant women in Nottinghamshire received their flu jabs last winter. Photo: Other

More than 3,000 pregnant Nottinghamshire women had flu jabs last winter

Over 75s are eligible for a spring COVID booster

Top up your COVID immunity this spring

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

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

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

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

Thousands more Nottinghamshire pensioners and toddlers are missing out on flu jabs

Thousands of Nottinghamshire pensioners and toddlers are not getting flu jabs

Councillors want Hucknall included on Nottinghamshire NHS's new county network of Covid vaccine sites

Councillors want Hucknall included in new network of Covid vaccination sites

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 Claire Schofield

Delta variant twice as likely to cause hospitalisation

New figures reveal 750 people have now died of Covid-19 in Nottingham

Covid-19 death toll reaches 750 in Nottingham

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

Under-30s will be offered alternative to Astrazeneca over 'very rare' blood clot concern (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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

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

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Concerts, sports events and festivals may not resume until late 2021 - here's wh...

Vaccination against the HPV virus, which causes most cervical cancers, began more than a decade ago (Photo: Shutterstock)

Cervical cancer could one day be wiped out by success of HPV vaccination program...

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