People who receive a Covid booster dose in the UK next month will be among the first in the world to receive Moderna’s dual-variant vaccine,…
View More Scientists hope nasal vaccines will help halt Covid transmissionTag: Vaccines and immunisation
Covid vaccines cut global death toll by 20m in first year, study finds
Covid vaccines cut the global death toll by 20 million in the first year after they were available, according to the first major analysis. The…
View More Covid vaccines cut global death toll by 20m in first year, study findsScientists call for immediate rollout of Covid jab for UK primary school children
Scientists are calling for the immediate rollout of Covid vaccines to primary-aged children, as new data suggests that even a single dose of the Pfizer…
View More Scientists call for immediate rollout of Covid jab for UK primary school children‘Nocebo effect’: two-thirds of Covid jab reactions not caused by vaccine, study suggests
More than two-thirds of the common side-effects people experience after a Covid jab can be attributed to a negative version of the placebo effect rather…
View More ‘Nocebo effect’: two-thirds of Covid jab reactions not caused by vaccine, study suggestsA year that changed the world – and medical companies’ fortunes
The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on business, gutting high streets as familiar names fell into receivership. But for some less well-known firms, the…
View More A year that changed the world – and medical companies’ fortunesUnder-30s reluctant to take Covid vaccine cite fertility and side-effect concerns
Since the vaccine rollout began last year, the journey has been relatively smooth. The few bumps that the jab juggernaut has encountered, mostly hiccups in…
View More Under-30s reluctant to take Covid vaccine cite fertility and side-effect concernsFlu jab may reduce severe effects of Covid, suggests study
People who are vaccinated against influenza may be partly protected against some of the severe effects of coronavirus, and be less likely to need emergency…
View More Flu jab may reduce severe effects of Covid, suggests studyData on Delta variant splits scientists on lifting final Covid restrictions
Health experts remain divided over the dangers posed by the new Delta variant of Covid-19 and the risks it poses to the nation as ministers…
View More Data on Delta variant splits scientists on lifting final Covid restrictionsUK insists Cop26 must be held in person if possible
The UK government is considering how to use Covid-19 vaccines and testing to try to ensure vital UN climate talks this year go ahead in…
View More UK insists Cop26 must be held in person if possibleHalfway there … the key numbers that tell the story of the UK’s vaccine drive
More than half of the UK population has now received at least a first dose of vaccine against Covid-19. By Friday evening 33,388,637 people had…
View More Halfway there … the key numbers that tell the story of the UK’s vaccine drive