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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

XEC Covid variant: Hospitalisations on the rise in London amid spread of new strain

UK Health Security Agency officials have urged anyone eligible to come forward for a booster vaccine

Evening Standard

More than 1,200 patients at Sydney GP clinic given less effective vaccines due to storage issues

The Holy Family Medical Centre in Dulwich Hill is contacting people regarding vaccinations over a four-and-a-half-year period – including children

The Guardian - AU

COVID shots during pregnancy are crucial

Vaccinating pregnant women so they pass antibodies on to their newborns is an effective way of protecting babies

Salon

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What you need to know as study reveals what long Covid does to your brain

Long Covid can cause extreme tiredness, shortness of breath, brain fog, dizziness, heart palpitations and muscle aches

The Independent UK

Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, research says

Scans of people hospitalised with Covid may explain the long-term breathlessness and fatigue some patients experience

The Guardian - UK

Flu Shots Less Effective In South: Why CDC Urges Vaccination Despite Similar U.S. Forecast

The flu shot reduced the risk of hospitalization among high-risk groups by 35% in five South American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, according to the interim vaccine effectiveness report by the CDC.

Medical Daily

Some vapes claiming to be cannabis contain ‘synthetic cannabinoid’ – study

University of Bath researchers found seven vaporizers sourced from the US contained dangerous SC compound

The Guardian - US

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We must remove drug treatment barriers

Stigma and lack of access to treatment proven to reduce overdose deaths is preventing a solution to this crisis

Salon

Tripledemic warning: Who is eligible for new vaccine as NHS warns of virus outbreak

Three different vaccines are on offer from the NHS this autumn

The Independent UK

Doctor Dressed Up as Nurse to Murder Mom's Boyfriend with Poison 'Covid Shot' in Bid to Secure Inheritance: Prosecutors

A doctor allegedly tried to murder his mother's partner in front of her, disguised as a nurse.

Latin Times

US school-entry vaccination rates fall as exemptions keep rising

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates dipped last year and the proportion of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high

The Independent UK

High-profile Sydney man may have given woman ‘special drink’ spiked with drug before alleged assault, court told

Woman alleged man gave her a drink in a martini glass and her next memory was waking up in the accused’s bed

The Guardian - AU

Health officials sound alarm over drop in flu vaccine uptake

‘Just go and get it, don’t take the risk,’ warns a mother whose child was hospitalised by the winter virus

The Independent UK

Vaccines urged as mpox cases surge in global emergency

Now is the time for eligible people to get their mpox vaccines, experts say, as monthly diagnoses in Australia surge from the single digits to the hundreds.

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The Guardian - UK

Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, XEC, emerges

The Independent UK

It's time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots

Fall means it’s time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines

Medical Daily

First Self-Administered Flu Vaccine For Home Use Gets FDA Approval

FluMist nasal spray manufactured by AstraZeneca is now approved for home use against influenza infection caused by subtypes A and B from ages 2 through 49.

The Guardian - AU

Should cocaine and MDMA users carry naloxone, the medicine that prevents fatal opioid overdoses?

As contaminants in the drug supply raise the risk of fatal overdoses, experts say more people – and public venues – should carry the antidote

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Evening Standard

NHS issues new vaccine plea to avoid 'tripledemic' of viruses

NHS bosses say flu, Covid and RSV could create ‘challenging winter’ for health service

The Independent UK

Fears of fast spread of XEC Covid strain after many haven’t had vaccines in long time

Exclusive: Lower levels of protective antibodies could leave the UK population vulnerable to a rapid spread of the XEC Covid variant

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New COVID-19 Variant XEC Emerges In U.S.

Learn about the emergence of the XEC COVID-19 strain in the U.S. and how current vaccines are effective against it. Stay informed and consider updated vacc...

The Guardian - UK

Global alliance buys half a million mpox vaccines for Africa

Gavi uses newly established First Response Fund to secure doses, but 10 million are needed to meet demand on the continent

Evening Standard

Quarter of London children unvaccinated against measles, figures show

MMR vaccination rate in the capital at lowest rate in 14 years

The Independent UK

Man, 27, dies weeks after receiving Covid vaccine he was wrongly invited to take by NHS

Jack Last died after having the AstraZeneca Covid jab following a ‘litany’ of errors by GP services and the NHS

AAP

Long-COVID study could unlock new vaccines, treatments

Australian-led research into cells that fight long-COVID has the potential to help shape new coronavirus treatments and vaccines.

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