vaccine Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:08:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png vaccine Archives - Positive News 32 32 What went right this week: a big week for medical breakthroughs, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-23-of-2024/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 05:00:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482210 New tests promised to ‘turn tide’ on cancer, a breakthrough saved a man’s sight, and the Dutch unplugged en mass, plus more

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]]> Biting back: new hope in the fight against malaria https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/biting-back-new-hope-in-the-fight-against-malaria/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:30:56 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=257160 Despite significant headway since 2010, progress in tackling malaria has stalled in recent years. A new vaccine could spell a breakthrough for people across Africa

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]]> Good figures: progress and possibility in numbers https://www.positive.news/environment/good-figures-progress-and-possibility-in-numbers-3/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 15:49:32 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=238136 From a drop in child obesity to the launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine, we’ve done the numbers on inspiring news stories from around the world

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]]> Child on Vanuatu given world’s first drone-delivered vaccine https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/child-on-vanuatu-given-worlds-first-drone-delivered-vaccine/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:22:18 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=186766 One in five children in the remote Pacific island nation are not fully immunised. Unicef has helped to bring about the first-ever commercial contract to deliver vaccines by drone

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