Novavax's new COVID vaccine cleared for use by FDA
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a new formulation of the COVID-19 vaccine made by the Maryland-based pharmaceutical company Novavax…
Mask mandates making a comeback, but are they really needed?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than nine million Americans now live in an area where mask mandates have returned to local hospitals — amid concerns more…
And the winner is... Covid vaccines! Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to US scientist and Hungarian peer who helped create game-changing mRNA jabs
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo scientists whose pioneering work helped create mRNA Covid vaccines were today awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Read More
Covid-19 hospital admissions in England stabilise after recent rise
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteCovid-19 hospital admissions in England have stabilised after rising for several weeks, although the rate remains at its highest level for four…
Risk of lockdowns if people don't protect themselves against Covid, warns expert
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt has been almost four years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
First antiviral drug for Covid may have created mutations, scientists find
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA drug prescribed to treat Covid caused the virus to mutate and may have helped create some of the variants circulating today,…
Covid flight cancellations are back as thousands grounded after virus hits Gatwick air-traffic
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn outbreak of Covid has been blamed for the third air-traffic control slowdown at London Gatwick so far this month. Read More
Two jailed for killing French bus driver over Covid mask rule
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwo men have been jailed after beating a French bus driver to death after he asked them to get off for not…
Long Covid can cause long-term damage to major organs, new study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly a third of patients admitted to hospital with long Covid had abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, a study has…
Man, 64, who deliberately coughed on colleagues while infected with Covid 'as a joke' is jailed for two weeksMan, 64, who deliberately coughed on colleagues while infected with Covid 'as a joke' is jailed for two weeks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man who deliberately coughed in the direction of colleagues having tested positive for COVID-19 in Singapore has been hit with a short jail sentence…