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NHS awarded £30m funding to make vital drugs in Seaton Delaval hub

Plans are afoot to build a £30m medicines manufacturing plant in Seaton Delaval

Chronicle Live

Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes

Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match

The Independent UK

Who can get an autumn Covid booster jab and how do I book?

Booster vaccinations are being offered to everyone in England over the age of 50

The Independent UK

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Meth dealer dad left TK Maxx bag of £35k drugs inside taxi

Sean O'Neill was arrested months later by police after falling asleep in a taxi under the influence of drugs

Liverpool Echo

Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot produced higher virus-neutralizing antibodies in older adults against the emerging subvariant BQ.1.1 than its original vaccine.

Reuters

CDC: Home births surged during pandemic

The research is the latest insight into the pandemic’s indirect impact on maternal health at a time when hospitals were grappling with how to stave off an unknown disease.

Axios

Nine Covid symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated — and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

The Independent UK

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Healthy Men: Why guys need to man up to flu

Dear Healthy Men: I’ve already had my COVID-19 shot and two boosters, but my wife is bugging me to get a flu vaccine. I say that the COVID shots will protect me. She disagrees. Who’s right?

Tribune News Service

Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

Los Angeles Times

Over 160 chemotherapy appointments for Irish children cancelled in three month period

The figures from the HSE show that from July to September, 198 other chemotherapy appointments were also cancelled

Irish Mirror

Bungling meth dealer dad caught by cops after leaving TK Maxx bag of drugs in taxi

In a text to a customer, Sean O'Neill boasted he had 'enough drugs to get three life sentences'

Manchester Evening News

COVID-19 case numbers approach peak as new vaccination policy comes in for SA Health staff

South Australia records another jump in COVID-19 cases ahead of an expected peak next week, as SA Health implements a new vaccination policy for staff.

ABC News

LA County strongly recommends indoor masking as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations jump

LOS ANGELES — Amid a sustained rise in coronavirus transmission, Los Angeles County is once again strongly recommending wearing a mask in indoor public spaces.

Los Angeles Times

Queensland's COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations jump as state lags in vaccinations

There's been a significant rise in cases and hospitalisations in Queensland, with vaccination rates severely lagging behind other states, particularly for children.

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The Independent UK

Indian Health Service steps up COVID, other vaccine push

The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate

ABC News

Queensland researchers find immune-boosting drug could lessen COVID-19 severity if antivirals fade

Unlike antiviral treatments, researchers say the experimental medication would not attack the virus that causes COVID-19, but target the immune system instead.

Liverpool Echo

Brown box deliveries tipped off police to huge £7m heroin plot

Two men were handed substantial prison sentences after playing a 'significant role' in the conspiracy

Evening Standard

‘Fresh hope’ for brain cancer patients as vaccine extends survival in trial

Vaccine trialled at King’s College Hospital found to prolong life by months and even years in patients with most aggressive brain tumours

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What does the COVID-19 'variant soup' mean for the Asia-Pacific region as travel ramps up?

As sub-variants vie for dominance, how is COVID-19 playing out in different countries across our region?

The Independent UK

Two new Covid subvariants have taken over in the US

“BA.5 is essentially declining quickly, probably soon to be gone,” says the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Reuters

How the World Health Organization might fight future pandemics

Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization (WHO), with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the U.N. health agency's 194 member countries.

Reuters

Big Pharma may have to reveal government deals in WHO's draft pandemic rules

Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord reviewed by Reuters.

Liverpool Echo

Three named in county lines drug dealing investigation

The charges relate to alleged county lines drug dealing between Cheshire and Merseyside

Reuters

EU secures up to 2 million monkeypox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

The European Union said on Thursday it had secured supply of up to 2 million doses of a monkeypox vaccine from Danish company Bavarian Nordic for the next two years.

AAP

COVID-19 cases soar amid fourth wave

COVID-19 cases are soaring across Australia as a fourth wave passes through and authorities begin urging people to mask up.

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