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Government faces calls to consider extending booster programme this autumn to include 50-64 age groupMinisters are facing urgent calls to consider widening the availability of Covid vaccines amid concerns that a new variant of the virus could put press…
Pirola variant has prompted concern among scientists because of high number of mutations it carriesCare home residents and people who are housebound will be offered Covid vaccines from Monday, with over-65s and other vulnerable groups to be called for …
BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola, causing concern among scientists because of fear it could be more transmissibleThe latest Covid-19 variant, BA.2.86, appears to be spreading in the UK, health surveillance data suggests.The variant, nicknamed Pirola, has prom…
James Bethell says Downing Street did not want to prioritise pandemic in early 2020 even as evidence was mountingDowning Street showed an “ostrich, head-in-the-sand mentality” towards Covid in early 2020 as Boris Johnson’s government instead focused on…
First lady ‘experiencing only mild symptoms’ amid late-summer rise in coronavirus infections in USJill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday night, the White House said, the second time the first lady has tested positive for the virus.“She is cu…
As students return from their summer break and a new variant emerges, we look at the rules and adviceAs schools and universities prepare for the return of students after the summer break, we take a look at the rules and advice on Covid. Continue readin…
A new variant and waning immunity mean surveillance that had been wound down since pandemic will be increasedCoronavirus testing and monitoring are set to be scaled up for the winter, the UK’s public health agency has said, as pressures on the health s…
‘Come and live in somebody’s shoes who is at high risk of serious complications from the flu or Covid,’ disability advocate saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPeople with disability are more likely to feel unsa…
Biomarker discovery indicates that sufferers from brain fog and fatigue post-virus could be treated with anticoagulantsScientists have identified molecular signatures in the blood that are linked to brain fog, other cognitive problems and fatigue in pa…
Move in England comes after detection of highly-mutated coronavirus variant that is spreading around the worldHealth officials have brought forward plans for autumn flu and Covid vaccinations after detecting a highly-mutated Covid variant that is sprea…