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The Public Health Ministry wants this year to be the first in which people are given annual Covid-19 booster shots, similar to the seasonal flu vaccine.

A new report accuses the packaging of codeine-containing medicines of failing to properly warn consumers of potential dangers. The Irish Health Products Regulatory Authority is now taking the lead in an EU investigation into these controversial painkillers.

Five Brits have died from the Arcturus strain of Covid

The new variant has been found in 29 countries across the globe

The Arcturus variant has now been detected across the world including in the UK

The new Covid variant known as Arcturus or XBB.1.16, which was first detected in January 2023, is rapidly spreading across the globe and making health officials worried

Instead of using the colour-coded system focusing on the spread of the virus by county, the CDC will track hospitalisation rates

The latest Covid variant is said to cause 'more fever' for those who catch it than most previous strains

Five Brits have died from the Arcturus strain of Covid

New XBB.1.16 variant has made its way to almost every corner of the UK

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India