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Americans aren't getting COVID boosters

As of last month, only 15 percent of American adults have gotten the booster. Why is uptake so low?

Salon

Plan for mRNA cancer vaccine trials to start in United Kingdom this year

Personalised cancer vaccine trials in England will roll out this year after the United Kingdom government signed a deal with a company behind one of the major COVID-19 vaccines.

ABC News

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

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Expert warns new Covid subvariant could make vaccines 'less effective'

It comes after a new strain has started to spread

Nottingham Post

US keeps offering China its COVID vaccines. China keeps saying no

China has rebuffed repeated U.S. offers to share advanced vaccines as Beijing battles a fast-spreading wave of COVID-19, a rejection that’s led to growing frustration among American officials concerned about a resurgence of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

UK signs groundbreaking mRNA cancer vaccine research agreement

The partnership with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech will be one of the first of its kind

Evening Standard

Health agencies try to restore trust

The skepticism and misinformation surrounding COVID vaccines now threatens other public health priorities

Salon

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World’s first vaccine for honeybees gets US government approval

Vaccine is incorporated into the royal jelly by worker bees who feed it to the queen bee

The Independent UK

UK speeds up plans to develop mRNA vaccines for cancer patients with BioNTech deal

Deal follows UK’s largely successful Covid vaccine roll out

The Independent UK

New Covid subvariant could make vaccines 'less effective', warns Dublin expert

Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Dr Kingston Mills says the Omicron BA5 variant is the most easily spread to date

Dublin Live

Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. We also live in an age when an increasing number of parents want the option of not vaccinating their children against these highly contagious and potentially…

Los Angeles Times

Ebola outbreak in Uganda coming under control, says Africa health body

The CDC, Africa's top public health body, says that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is coming under control with no new confirmed case reported in the country for the last 39 days. But it needs to pass 42 days to be considered Ebola-free.

Radio France Internationale

A biotech firm says the U.S. has approved its vaccine for honeybees

Global honeybee populations have been declining for many years, due to disease, loss of habitat and poor beekeeping practices. A newly approved vaccine helps fight American Foulbrood disease.

WEKU

Cancer vaccine trials could start in England by autumn

Government deal with BioNTech paves way for early access to trials of personalised mRNA therapies

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The Conversation

COVID: unvaccinated people may be seen as 'free riders' and face discrimination

More than five billion people globally have now been vaccinated against COVID-19. Of course, many of the three billion or so who haven’t may not yet have been able to access a COVID vaccine, particularly in low-income countries. But a portion of those who are unvaccinated have chosen not to…

Orlando Sentinel

More fired Disney employees join lawsuits over COVID vaccine, masks

Four additional former Disney employees who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear a face mask at work have joined a lawsuit against the company over its previous COVID safety policies, saying they were fired for opposing the rules based on their religious beliefs.

The Independent UK

Covid vaccine: When can I get my booster jab?

UK entering a new wave of the virus, experts warn

Tribune News Service

Public health agencies try to restore trust as they fight misinformation

OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 slipping after an initially robust response. With doubt, fear and misinformation running rampant nationwide — both online and offline — he…

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Reuters

German expats in China receive first foreign COVID vaccines

Germans living in China began receiving the BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, the first such rollout of a foreign coronavirus vaccine in a country that has not otherwise approved the use of non-Chinese vaccines even as infections soar.

Reuters

Hong Kong residents rush to get vaccinated ahead of China border reopening

Hong Kong residents have swamped clinics to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the expected reopening of the city's border with mainland China, which some people fear will bring a surge of infections to the financial hub.

Tribune News Service

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Florida vaccine policy based on ‘careless’ research practices, UF faculty say

Boston Herald

Boston cancer researchers create vaccine to kill and prevent brain cancer glioblastoma

BOSTON — Can the cure for deadly cancers be in the cancer itself?

The Guardian - US

US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees

Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination

Los Angeles Times

COVID-19 vaccines almost certainly didn't cause Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest. Here's what may have

Damar Hamlin, the 24-year-old safety with the Buffalo Bills, is not your usual victim of a heart attack.

Daily Mirror

Novak Djokovic set to miss two tournaments as US issue fresh vaccine requirements

A United States extension on the requirement of international visitors being vaccinated against Covid will see Novak Djokovic miss two prestigious events in March

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