Use of #FilmArray can identify additional bacterial cases of #meningitis in children that had been negative by traditional culture methods; also helping to reduce antibiotic use & length of hospital stay

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Manish Sadarangani Andrew Pollard Prof Tom Solomon CBE et al
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International collaboration is vitally important to protect the world from future pandemic threats.

We were delighted to welcome a delegation from Belgium yesterday to explore UK-Belgian collaboration on vaccine research 🇧🇪🇬🇧

Read the full story 👇
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And drumroll 🥁 🥁🥁

We can now announce that Oxford Vaccine Group were the overall 🏆winning team 🏆 at this year’s OX5 RUN 👏🏾👏🏼👏🏻

Amazing 🤩

🌟 Huge thanks to everyone who joined the Oxford Hospitals Charity 💙 OX5 run at Blenheim Palace, especially to the runners from our group! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Let's keep the momentum going and continue to donate to support vital healthcare initiatives.
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#OX5Run
Department of Paediatrics

Targeted metagenomics reveals association between severity and pathogen co-detection in infants with respiratory syncytial virus | Nature Communications Nature Communications Andrew Pollard Peter Openshaw RESCEU Project #rsv ⁦Simon Drysdale⁩ ⁦Louis Bont⁩ ⁦ nature.com/articles/s4146…

2024 Sabin Gold Medal co-awardee Dr. Shabir Madhi (Shabir Madhi) has spent his 30-year career combating infectious diseases in Africa and beyond, and advocating for equitable access to vaccines. Learn more about his work: bit.ly/3VfUsoc #VaccineEquity Wits University

Annually, vaccines prevent about 650,000 cases of polio and wild poliovirus cases were down to only 12 in 2023. By following the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s blueprint, we can work to reduce the risk of more deadly diseases through immunization. bit.ly/4bWV0Fs

The Oxford team is on the ground in Uganda for the OPTIMMS investigator meeting.

Global collaboration at its finest as we work to determine the optimal schedule for the DTP-containing vaccine🌍

Acting now helps create the environment for children to thrive today, improves life chances, reduces the future burden on the NHS and has long-term economic benefits

#Measles vaccines are very effective - they prevent measles infection in almost all children who get vaccinated.

To protect your child, make sure their vaccines are up to date.

More information:
bit.ly/3X3NaTx

‘This is urgent’: the UK is scrambling to stem an alarming tide of measles theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

We are excited to share that Prof Matthew Snape has been appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Public Health, particularly during COVID-19 while working at OVG.

Congratulations, Professor Snape MBE.

ox.ac.uk/news/2023-12-3…

🎙️New Episode Alert!

🎧‘The Pandemic People: Professor Ugur Sahin’ is LIVE!

Join Sir Andrew Pollard and Professor Ugur Sahin - the co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, which developed one of the major vaccines against COVID-19.

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Registration now open for IIC 2024! 24-26 June 2024 at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Full details and all the IIC news at mailchi.mp/d649dd8b5086/n… #iicoxford ESPIDSociety BPAIIG

Our NEW Primer on #Typhoid fever is live today!
James Meiring
Andrew Pollard
Melita Gordon Check it out here: go.nature.com/3uZJatv

PSI Investigators Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert & Andrew Pollard are in Brazil this week, seeing first-hand where the Oxford/AstraZeneca #COVID vaccine was manufactured for the region 🇧🇷

Thank you to the team at Bio-Manguinhos Fiocruz Fiocruz_en for welcoming us.

Oxford Vaccine Group

🎙️New Episode Alert! 🚨

‘The Pandemic People: Sir Pascal Soriot’ is LIVE!

Join Sir Andrew Pollard and Sir Pascal Soriot as they delve into the remarkable story of the AZ vaccine.

Tune in now! #ThePandemicPeople

podcasts.ox.ac.uk/pandemic-peopl…

Vaccine development stages independent.co.uk/news/uk/oxford…

My annual report focuses on health in an ageing society.

People are living longer than previous generations. It is something to celebrate but we need to maximise quality of life and minimise the time people spend in ill health. (1/5)

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