London Hospital Creates Innovative Outdoor Ward for Critically Ill Patients
A hospital in the United Kingdom has taken a historic step in patient care by introducing an outdoor medical environment to give critically ill patients access to sunlight, greenery and outdoor air.1 King’s College Hospital in south London recently opened a purpose-built rooftop critical care garden directly integrated into its intensive care infrastructure. This facility […]
U.K. Health Officials Call for Banning Schoolchildren Without Proof of MMR Vaccination
Health officials in London, England are calling for children who have not received MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) shots to be banned from attending schools in the United Kingdom as measles cases continue to rise. Emma Best, chairwoman of the London Assembly Health Committee, said students who can’t show proof they have gotten the MMR vaccine […]
U.K. School Lockdowns Return Amid “Super Flu” Surge Reports
A “super-flu” strain is being reported across the United Kingdom, prompting several schools to close and increasing admissions to hospitals as influenza infection rates rise.1 The outbreak involves a mutation of the influenza A virus known as either H3N2 or as subclade K, emerging earlier in the winter than usual and contributing to disruption across […]
U.K Council Wins Case to Vaccinate Baby Despite Mother’s Objection
A High Court judge has ruled that Islington Council in North London, United Kingdom may proceed with routine childhood vaccinations for an eight-month-old baby girl despite the strong objections of her mother, who argued the vaccines posed health risk for her child. The child, referred to in court documents only as P, has been under […]
Scientists Suggest Massaging Vaccines Into the Skin Could Eliminate Needle Injections
Scientists in France and the United Kingdom are investigating an alternative to traditional needle-based vaccines, one that uses mechanical stimulation of the skin to trigger an immune response. The research team, led by Élodie Segura, PhD, at the Institut Curie and Inserm in France, along with researchers at King’s College London, England, examined whether vaccines […]
ACIP Majority Ignores Risks and Recommends Infants Get Merck’s RSV Monoclonal Antibody
On June 25, 2025, the majority of members of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ignored risk warnings and voted for a recommendation that infants be given Merck & Co.’s monoclonal antibody, clesrovimab, marketed as Enflonsia. The committee advised using Enflonsia to prevent Respiratory Syncytial Virus […]