Cervical cancer: NHS pledge to eradicate disease by 2040 can be achieved – here’s how: Around 80% of teenagers in England already receive the HPV vaccine. Prostock-studio/ Shutterstock The NHS has pledged to eliminate cervical cancer in England by 2040. This will be achieved by amping up current vaccination and screening programmes. While this goal …
‘We could eradicate malaria by 2040’ says expert after revolutionary vaccine is approved by WHO: The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by …
How Earth’s plastic pollution problem could look by 2040: Rich Carey/Shutterstock During a visit to a bookstore a few weeks ago, we couldn’t help but stare at a display unit featuring no fewer than ten books telling you how to rid plastics from your daily life. We’re bombarded by information on the topic of marine …