Vaccination

Health experts have concerns about the new panel, which helps determine who gets vaccines in the US and when.

A global study finds large numbers of children are unvaccinated against diseases like measles, tuberculosis and polio, which makes outbreaks more likely.

Healthy people aged between 18 and 55 are needed for the seven-month long study.

The HPV vaccine programme, which started in 2008, has been hugely successful across Scotland.

The appointees have "committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data", the vaccine sceptic said.

The US health secretary, a vaccine sceptic who has been criticised by health experts, said the panel was 'plagued' with conflicts of interest.

Bristol reports the highest number of measles cases in England so far this year.

As the summer holiday season gets going, families are being warned of measles outbreaks in many popular European destinations, with vaccination rates in the UK still far below what experts advise.