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Parents don’t want vaccinated blood given to their baby in need of life-saving heart surgery

Parents have refused vaccinated blood transfusions for their baby ahead of potentially life-saving open heart surgery.

Evening Standard

Layoffs mount: Twitter, tech, biotech firms chop 900-plus Bay Area jobs

SAN JOSE, California — Twitter and other companies have unveiled plans to chop more than 900 Bay Area jobs in a fresh round of tech and biotech layoffs that could jolt the region’s increasingly wobbly economy.

Tribune News Service

Number of under 5s admitted to hospital with flu jumps 70% in a week

Health officials urge parents to ensure their children receive a booster vaccine

Evening Standard

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Racing to develop Africa’s next-gen vaccines before new pandemic

How scientists across Africa plan to use mRNA technology to fight diseases and tackle inequities in global health.

Al Jazeera

Former Covid vaccine tsar warns UK ‘dismantling’ systems for fighting future pandemics

Britain losing leadership position and falling behind EU on preparedness for outbreaks, says Kate Bingham

The Independent UK

The bacteria that causes leprosy can also help regrow human livers

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that M. leprae rejuvenated livers, coaxing these organs to grow dramatically.

Inverse

Warning to get children vaccinated after 70% jump in under-5s being hospitalised

Young children are particularly vulnerable and can become seriously ill

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Parents urged to get children flu vaccine after 70% jump in hospital cases

Covid restrictions mean most young children have never encountered flu and have no natural immunity to the virus.

The Independent UK

New Alzheimer's drug faces uncertain regulatory path

The FDA will soon decide whether to approve Eisai's experimental drug lecanemab.

Axios

Mum seeking compensation after falling into coma days after Covid jab

Sarah has been left unable to work and has been bed-bound for months

Wales Online

NHS England ad campaign hopes to change behaviours and relieve service

The Help Us Help You campaign by M&C Saatchi, worth up to £28.6m, encourages people to cut down on in-person GP visits

The Guardian - UK

RSV: Doctor warns virus that can leave babies seriously ill is 'massively up' but new vaccine could help

RSV - a virus which can leave children in particular seriously ill - is resurgent, but a top doctor has spoken about the potential of vaccine that could be gamechanging

Chronicle Live

First patient with Deltacron covid strain in Thailand fully recovered

The first patient diagnosed with the XBC Deltacron covid strain in Thailand has fully recovered and the symptoms were not severe, the director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Parents refuse use of vaccinated blood in life-saving surgery on baby

New Zealand’s health services go to court over guardianship of four-month-old boy whose parents have not let heart operation go ahead

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Anti-vax GP sues 'fictional' medical board

Anti-vaccine GP registrar William Bay is suing medical regulators for suspending his registration, claiming they do not legally exist and infringed his rights.

WEKU

Twitter will no longer enforce its COVID misinformation policy

Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.

The Guardian - AU

Australia to consider tougher nicotine e-cigarette import and labelling laws to tackle teen vaping

Therapeutic Goods Administration to investigate border control laws, as well as tougher regulation of nicotine products and advertising

The Independent UK

Vet's lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossed

A lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed for causing psychotic and neurological damage in U.S. servicemembers has been thrown out

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The Independent UK

More than 800 undiagnosed HIV and hepatitis cases found with routine A&E testing

The health service introduced opt-out HIV screening in April to 33 hospital departments as part of efforts to stop new cases by 2030.

Insider UK

New medicine manufacturing centre brings 100 jobs to Renfrewshire

The centre is forecast to generate £200m in technology investment during the first five years

The Independent UK

Why getting your Covid-19 and flu jabs is crucial this winter – even if you’ve already been vaccinated

“I’m always first in the queue for the flu vaccine,” says Rosie Turner, 29, a comedian living in London with her girlfriend. “Now I want to get my Covid booster. I’ve had all the other Covid vaccinations.”

Irish Mirror

Urgent alert to Irish parents as RSV cases double this year - and warning symptoms to watch for

There have been twice as many cases of RSV in Ireland than normal at this time of year

Chicago Sun-Times

New flu defense in the works: 1 shot to protect against all 20 influenza viruses

Taking a new approach, based on the mRNA technology that proved effective against COVID-19, University of Pennsylvania researchers are working on the experimental vaccine.

Reason

Sixth Circuit Upholds Injunction Barring Air Force from Requiring COVID Vaccines for Religious Objectors

From the sounds of it, the Air Force's attorneys didn't think too carefully about how to respond to Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) claims.

Axios

Safety concerns hang over new Alzheimer's treatment

Two deaths linked to the drug may present a more complicated path to approval.

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