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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Vulnerable Scots to be offered spring Covid-19 vaccine boosters

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed top-up jags are expected to start before the end of the month.

Daily Record

What is long Covid, what are the symptoms and how long does it last?

Many still suffering from persistent after-effects of coronavirus

The Independent UK

Covid-19 was third main cause of death in EU in 2020 - including 1,900 in Ireland

A report by the European Commission shows the virus was responsible for 8.5% of all deaths across the EU in the first year of the pandemic

Irish Mirror

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What is the UK’s Covid-19 spring booster programme and who is eligible for a vaccine?

London is still lagging behind parts of the country in terms of the vaccine uptake

Evening Standard

Study: 1 in 4 parents misled others about their child’s COVID status earlier in the pandemic

CHICAGO — Roughly 1 in 4 American parents lied to or misled others about their child’s COVID-19 status at the height of the pandemic, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the Chicago-based American Medical Association.

Chicago Tribune

Spring Covid booster jabs being rolled out across Northern Ireland

Over 75s and some under 12s are on the list

Belfast Live

Vulnerable people in UK to be offered spring Covid booster vaccine

Those eligible are being urged to come forward for the jab as infections remain high across UK

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Covid booster vaccine to be offered to elderly and vulnerable

People aged 75 and over will be offered a vaccination, along with care home residents and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed

The Independent UK

Spring Covid-19 booster to be rolled out to vulnerable and elderly

Boosters will be offered around six months on from the previous winter dose

Manchester Evening News

What is vitiligo? New cream for skin condition may be offered in the UK

A controversial new ‘miracle’ skin cream treatment, ruxolitinib, could soon be available on the NHS if UK health experts approve it

Evening Standard

Some people to be offered another Covid booster jab

Over 75s and some under 12s are on the list

Wales Online

Elderly and vulnerable to be offered spring Covid booster jab

People aged 75 and over will be offered a vaccination, along with care home residents and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed.

The Independent UK

Vitiligo: Ruxolitinib cream could be made available in the UK

Ruxolitinib has been called a miracle cream - but it can also carry severe side-effects

Wales Online

Controversial skin cream used to treat vitiligo may come to UK

The treatment carries potentially serious side effects

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What are these ‘cancer vaccines’ making news? Are there similarities with COVID vaccines?

Using the same mRNA technology as COVID vaccines, cancer vaccines are an emerging personalised treatment for cancer.

Nottingham Post

GB News' Mark Steyn programme breached broadcasting rules 'misleading' public over Covid-19

Ofcom said the claims were "materially misleading" because of the way the data was presented to viewers

The Guardian - UK

GB News broke Ofcom rules with presenter’s Covid vaccine claims

Regulator says Mark Steyn’s use of data to draw misleading conclusions breached content guidelines

Wales Online

Government not advised to ban second most used drug among 16-24 year olds

Ministers were reported to be planning to ban the sale and possession as part of a bid to tackle antisocial behaviour

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The Independent UK

Report stops short of recommending laughing gas ban

The independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) was asked by the Home Office in 2021 to review the harms of nitrous oxide.

The Guardian - UK

The big idea: should governments run more experiments?

We’re used to randomised trials in medicine. Why not apply the same rigour to policy?

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

A California Supreme Court decision last month reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A few weeks before that, officials in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration confirmed that they had abandoned plans to require COVID-19 vaccination of schoolchildren, and legislation to similar…

The Guardian - AU

Make vapes a pharmacy-only drug, say New Zealand health groups

Smoking rates have plummeted but vaping is soaring among younger people, sparking calls to restrict access

The Independent UK

Matt Hancock was ‘like a headless chicken’, says former vaccines chief

Dr Clive Dix hit out at the former health secretary in a Telegraph article.

Bangkok Post

Thailand spent B444bn in 3 years to fight pandemic

Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Los Angeles Times

California to alter COVID rules in health care settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LOS ANGELES — With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers.

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