# VaccinesToday: We are an online platform for discussing vaccines and vaccination\.

> Vaccines Today provides the public and healthcare professionals with information on vaccines and vaccination\.

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## Pages
- [About us](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/who-we-are/)
- [Contact us](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/contact-us/)
- [Stories](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/)
- [Diseases \& Vaccines](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/)
- [Vaccines for me](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/)
- [Who we are](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/who-we-are/): Vaccines Today provides the public and healthcare professionals with information on vaccines and vaccination\. It addresses common questions and aims to bring together Europe’s community of immunisation stakeholders and experts\.

## Stories
- [‘Get vaccinated’: Healthcare professionals urged to protect themselves](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/healthcare-professionals-vaccination-european-union/): Organisations representing European doctors, nurses, dentists and pharmacists encourage the public – and fellow frontline healthcare workers – to protect against illness
- [Can paediatricians unlock stronger vaccination rates?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/paediatricians-unlock-stronger-vaccination-rates/): As immunisation dips, the European Academy of Paediatrics is playing its part in protecting children against outbreaks
- [Meningitis in England: Anatomy of an Outbreak](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/meningitis-in-england-anatomy-of-an-outbreak/): When an aggressive new strain of bacteria caused a sharp spike in cases, public health experts rushed to a university town with antibiotics and vaccines\. This highly unusual outbreak caused two deaths and drew public attention to UK policy on meningitis prevention\.
- [Cancer vaccine: how European countries can save more lives](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/cancer-vaccine-how-european-countries-can-save-more-lives/): A new HPV Vaccination Guide developed by the European Cancer Organisation aims to address uneven rates of protection 
- [Beyond childhood: why lifelong vaccination is a frontline defence against chronic disease](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/stories/lifelong-vaccination-frontline-defence-against-chronic-disease/): Global health leaders recommend lifelong vaccination to reduce the burden of chronic diseases on health systems and societies

## Editorial board
- [Mariano Votta](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/editorial-board/mariano-votta/): Mariano Votta is responsible for EU Affairs at the Italian NGO Cittadinanzattiva and Director of Its EU branch called Active Citizenship Network \(ACN\)\.
- [Silvia Romeo](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/editorial-board/silvia-romeo/): Silvia Romeo is a policy professional with nearly a decade in Brussels, specialising in EU health policy, cancer prevention and vaccination
- [Sam Nye](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/editorial-board/sam-nye/): Sam Nye is Knowledge and Practice Manager at the Meningitis Research Foundation \(MRF\), an international health charity headquartered in the UK\. 
- [Dirk Poelaert](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/editorial-board/dirk-poelaert/): Dirk Poelaert is a medical doctor with more than 25 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry\.
- [Daphné Holt](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/about-us/editorial-board/daphne-holt/): Daphné Holt is a Trustee of the Coalition on Life\-Course Immunisation


## Diseases
- [Yellow fever](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/yellow-fever/): Yellow fever \(YF\) is a viral disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes\.
- [Typhoid](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/typhoid/): Typhoid fever is caused by a bacterium called \<em\>Salmonella typhi\</em\>\.
- [Tuberculosis](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/tuberculosis/): Tuberculosis \(TB\) is spread through the air when infected individuals sneeze or cough\.
- [Tick\-Borne Encephalitis \(TBE\)](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/tick-borne-encephalitis-tbe/): Tick\-Borne Encephalitis \(TBE\) is a viral disease transmitted primarily by tick bites, but also by consumption of non\-pasteurised milk and milk products from infected animals \(especially goats\)\.
- [Tetanus](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/diseases/tetanus/): Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that affects the nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions, particularly of the jaw and neck muscles\.

## Vaccines for me
- [Adults](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/adults/)
- [Infants, toddlers and children](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/children/)
- [Travelers](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/travelers/)
- [Older people](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/older-people/)
- [Healthcare Workers](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/vaccines-for-me/healthcare-workers/)

## Glossary
- [Virulence](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/glossary/virulence/)
- [Vaccine](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/glossary/vaccine/)
- [Immunology](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/glossary/immunology/)
- [Immunogen](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/glossary/immunogen/)
- [Epidemic](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/diseases-vaccines/glossary/epidemic/)

## FAQ
- [Isn’t the pharmaceutical industry just out to make money?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/faq/isnt-the-pharmaceutical-industry-just-out-to-make-money/)
- [Do vaccines cause autism?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/faq/do-vaccines-cause-autism/)
- [Do women who have fought off an infectious disease supply their newborn children with stronger defences against infection than vaccinated mothers?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/faq/do-women-who-have-themselves-fought-off-an-infectious-disease-supply-their-newborn-children-with-stronger-defences-against-infection-than-vaccinated-mothers/)
- [Can giving several vaccines overwhelm a child’s immune system?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/faq/can-giving-several-vaccines-overwhelm-a-childs-immune-system/)
- [Most adults fought off infectious diseases – like measles – when they were kids, and it never did them any harm\. Why not let nature take its course?](https://www.vaccinestoday.eu/faq/most-adults-fought-off-infectious-diseases-like-measles-and-mumps-when-they-were-kids-and-it-never-did-them-any-harm-why-not-let-nature-take-its-course/)

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