Vaccination before and during pregnancy

The first vaccine developed on a computer from the genome of the organism – and the only one for which paracetamol is …

An illness nobody sees any more – and one that returned the moment a population lost its protection.

An illness that has vanished – and one that shows why the vaccination appointments of the first year of life should not …

A positive result in the mother remains almost without consequence for the baby – if the right thing happens in the …

Six illnesses in one injection – from the third month of life. What protects in the weeks before that is decided in …

Knowing the appointments before the child is there means not having to work them out later between breastfeeding and …

At school age comes the one decision about vaccination that has a direct bearing on gynaecology.

The only vaccination that is both a childhood and an adult one – and where the conversation runs completely differently …

Due six weeks after the birth and impossible to catch up – the one decision about vaccination where postponing means …

Being informed is not a formality but the precondition of valid consent. What belongs in it – and who may agree.

The most contagious pathogen there is – and not vaccinable during pregnancy. What has to have happened beforehand.

A headache can become an emergency within hours. The early signs are not the ones you would expect.

The commonest worry about mumps concerns fertility – and for women it is almost always unfounded. What counts instead.

When a pneumococcal vaccination becomes an issue for women – and why breathlessness in pregnancy allows a dangerous …

The only illness in the immunisation schedule close to worldwide eradication – and the one where letting up now would …

The vaccine that set the standard for a decade – and whose history shows why recommendations change without the old …

The first decision about vaccination of all – and it comes six weeks after the birth.

Harmless for adults, one of the most dangerous infections for an unborn child in the first weeks.

Fewer serotypes, but a carrier protein with a benefit of its own. What the difference means in practice.

The organism lives in the soil and stays there. Which is why no herd immunity protects you here – only your own …

A stubborn cough for adults, life-threatening for a newborn. Why vaccination is given in pregnancy – and why in every …