Vaccines

NHSE seeks pharmacies for RSV and whooping cough jab service

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Commissioners are looking for 66 pharmacies in the Midlands to offer a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis vaccination service.

‘Awaken the sleeping giant’: Community pharmacy can combat falling vaccine uptake, say CCA

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The CCA has welcomed the launch of a report by the Pharmacy Vaccinations Development Group (PVDG) which calls for community pharmacy to be “harnessed” to combat falling vaccine uptake

Pharmacist suspended for claiming MMR jab causes autism

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A fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for four months after she shared “misinformation about the MMR vaccination and autism”, which “risked serious harm” to a patient.

Trump calls for investigation into link between vaccines and autism

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The US President-elect Donald Trump has called for an investigation into the link between vaccines and autism – a debunked claim – and has said his health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr will be “working with” drug companies to find out “what’s happening”.