Author: Ed Hutchinson, Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow

MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

Ed Hutchinson, Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of GlasgowLeave a Comment on MMRV: what families need to know about the UK’s new chickenpox vaccine

The UK has added chickenpox to the routine childhood vaccination schedule for the first time, using a combined MMRV jab that also protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Here’s what parents need to know. What is the new chickenpox vaccine? The first thing to say is that the MMRV vaccine is not actually new. It’s […]

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The twelve viruses of Christmas, and how to make your own – out of paper

Ed Hutchinson, Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of GlasgowLeave a Comment on The twelve viruses of Christmas, and how to make your own – out of paper

Virus snowflakes. Ed Hutchinson, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, CC BY-SA Viruses, as we all know, are invisibly small things that make us sick. But is that the whole story? Zoom in close enough and you’ll discover the complex, unseen world of viruses. Some do make us sick, but many others simply exist […]

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First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

Ed Hutchinson, Professor, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of GlasgowLeave a Comment on First human bird-flu death from H5N5 – what you need to know

H5N1 bird flu has infected growing numbers of people worldwide in recent years, but this week saw something new: the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus. What is this virus and how concerned about it should we be? What happened? In early November, a resident of Grays Harbor, a county on […]

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