Epidemic in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: News media framing of the MMR vaccination controversy in Serbia.

Rising vaccine hesitancy is often related to negative vaccination media coverage. It is generally accepted that the media played a great role in spreading the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) childhood vaccination scare first in the UK and then worldwide. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MMR vaccination rate dropped further in some countries.

In Torlak we (would) trust: domestic vaccine production in contemporary Serbia.

Throughout the era of socialist Yugoslavia, the Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera 'Torlak' in Belgrade was a well known producer and exporter of vaccines. After the dissolution of the country, it gradually lost its significance in both global and domestic vaccine markets. However, in Serbian public discourse, Torlak's vaccines are still remembered as of the highest quality.