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- fact check
Fact Check: Recurring Claims About Vaccine Safety Data
Several claims circulating on social platforms misread public surveillance databases. We explain what those databases are and are not.
Helena Marsh · 12 July 2026
- health
First Covid-19 Vaccinations Begin Outside Clinical Trials
A 90-year-old woman in Coventry received the first authorised dose, ten months after the virus was sequenced.
Helena Marsh · 8 December 2020
- health
Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Declared an International Emergency
The World Health Organization invoked emergency powers as cases spread across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Daniel Mbeki · 8 August 2014
- health
World Health Organization Declares H1N1 Influenza a Pandemic
The declaration was the first of its kind in 41 years, raising the global alert to its highest level as the new strain spread across more than seventy countries.
Helena Marsh · 11 June 2009