A handful of good news stories that I thought I'd share.
Cervical cancer may stop killing people by 2040. The HPV vaccine is working brilliantly and screening means it can be picked up and treated reliability.
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The Chickenpox vaccine has turned out to be more effective and have fewer of the side effects we were worried about and so it is now to be offered to children.
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And the sugar tax seems to have helped improve children's teeth.
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Cervical cancer may stop killing people by 2040. The HPV vaccine is working brilliantly and screening means it can be picked up and treated reliability.
NHS England boss to say cervical cancer can be eliminated by 2040
Amanda Pritchard will say combination of vaccination and screening means goal within two decades is realistic ambition
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The Chickenpox vaccine has turned out to be more effective and have fewer of the side effects we were worried about and so it is now to be offered to children.
Chickenpox vaccine should be given to children on NHS, experts say
Including jab as part of routine immunisations would have ‘really positive impact on health of young children’, says JCVI
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And the sugar tax seems to have helped improve children's teeth.
Fewer children in England having teeth out since sugar tax began, study finds
Fall in rotten teeth extractions in children aged 18 and under prompts calls for soft drinks levy to be extended to other products
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