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* Vaccine worked best in youngest children * Cheap vaccine provides herd immunity By Gene Emery BOSTON, July 22 (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's <GSK.N> <GSK.L> Typherix vaccine shields children as young ...

A new vaccine will allow doctors to immunize children younger than 5 against typhoid fever, a disease that affects 16 million people worldwide and kills 600,000 every year. The new vaccine has fewer ...

A medic from Mater Hospital administers the typhoid vaccine to a child during the wellness clinic in Buruburu, Nairobi, on July 13, 2025. The campaign for mass vaccination for typhoid and measles ends ...

A preventable disease is resurging across Indian cities, fuelled by unsafe water, food and rising drug resistance.

There is a high burden of typhoid fever in sub-Saharan African countries, according to a new study published today in The Lancet Global Health. This high burden combined with the threat of typhoid ...

A major typhoid outbreak has been reported across India, with cities like Gandhinagar, Greater Noida and Hyderabad affected due to contaminated water supplies and infrastructure failures.

Multiple reports show that typhoid is more common in South Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, including East Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America and the Middle East.

Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection that spreads through contaminated food and water. Symptoms can start one to three weeks following exposure and include high fever, headaches, abdominal pain and ...

The first field trial of a new typhoid vaccine that can be used in young children provides protection for 81.6 per cent of recipients, opening the door to better control of a disease that affects 11 ...