Teen vaccination against meningococcal disease starts

From mid-September, young people born between 1 May and 31 December 2004 will receive an invitation for a vaccination against meningococcal disease.

13-09-2018 | 00:00
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Animal-free innovations in safety assessment of chemicals

How can the process of validation, acceptance and use of animal-free innovative approaches to assess the safety of chemicals be facilitated?

02-07-2018 | 00:00

Vaccination rate again drops slightly, HPV vaccination rate drops considerably

The vaccination rate for vaccines included in the National Immunisation Programme has dropped slightly by about 1 percent.

25-06-2018 | 00:00

Meningococcal immunisation recommendations re-examined

Meningococcal disease is a very serious infectious disease that can cause meningitis or blood poisoning. Children are immunised against meningococcal serogroup C at 14 months.

09-05-2017 | 00:00

Interspecies website transferred from RIVM to Utrecht University

The Interspecies website which helps researchers to reduce and refine the use of laboratory animals is transferred to the 3Rs database Programme of the 3Rs-Centre Utrecht Life Sciences (ULS) of Utr

14-09-2015 | 00:00

Concerns over whooping cough despite modifications to vaccination programme

Modifications to the National Immunisation Programme have led to fewer cases of whooping cough among children.

05-01-2015 | 00:00