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Last days for Ayrshire residents to take up Covid-19 vaccine before offer ends on Friday

Under 50s with no risk factors are encouraged to get jabbed over the coming days.

Daily Record

Matt Hancock ‘profoundly sorry’ for every death caused by Covid-19

The former health secretary told the Covid inquiry he took his role as ‘principle responder’ to a pandemic ‘very seriously’.

Evening Standard

A new regime: On the Emergency Use Authorisation regime in India and clinical trials

Mistrust, arbitrary decree and lax regulations have historically plagued clinical trials in India

The Hindu

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US intelligence split on Covid-19 origins, but has no evidence it was created in Chinese lab

The head of US intelligence said Friday that there was no evidence that the Covid-19 virus was created in the Chinese government's Wuhan research lab.

France 24

Worst of Westminster: Labour Lords U-turn and interest rates hike

Good evening and welcome to the latest edition of The Worst of Westminster! The week kicked off with MPs voting overwhelmingly to approve the…

The National (Scotland)

More people died in UK during Covid than in many other countries in world

Between March 2020 and February 2023, the number of people dying from all causes was 5% higher than in the years before the Covid crisis struck, with ONS figures showing176,083 more people died than normal in England and Wales

Daily Mirror

Germany donates bivalent Covid-19 jabs

The Ministry of Public Health has received almost one million doses of the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine from Germany, which it plans to distribute to hospitals across the country in the next few weeks.

Bangkok Post

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More boosters are not needed, US study shows

People in good health who have already had three Covid-19 boosters may not benefit from administering any more as they appear unlikely to guard against new strains of the virus, according to a local medical expert who cited the results of a recent US study.

Bangkok Post

What Covid has in store for winter

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer say forewarned is forearmed when it comes to potentially spiking Covid numbers in the winter months

Newsroom.co.nz

Dame Sally Davies apologises to Covid bereaved in emotional hearing

Former CMO for England was previously told coronavirus ‘won’t come here’ after asking for preparedness review

The Guardian - UK

COVID-19 almost endemic but we are on high alert for each new variant: Health Minister Mandaviya

Only 36 new cases were reported on Tuesday, the lowest since March 2020

The Hindu

Wife's painkiller addiction leads to doctor's downfall

A doctor has been disqualified after admitting to overprescribing his addicted wife painkillers as well as using those medications himself.

AAP

NHS clinics in Newcastle where you can get your Spring booster Covid vaccine

If you're eligible, you've not got long left to get a Spring Booster Covid jab to protect yourself.

Chronicle Live

How much it cost to rent buildings as mass vaccination centres in Swansea Bay

The £640,000 bill could have been higher

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Tribune News Service

A new CDC report says the latest COVID-19 booster shots are safe for young kids

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided more data that the bivalent booster shots to protect against COVID-19 are safe for children ages 6 months to 5 years.

Tribune News Service

COVID boosters should be updated to target XBB strain, US health advisers say

COVID-19 shots should be reformulated to target an XBB subvariant of the highly infectious omicron strain to provide the best protection during the U.S. fall and winter season, health regulators said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why more doctors are prescribing muscle relaxers

To combat the surge in opioid deaths, some doctors are prescribing these drugs rather than opioids because they pose fewer risks and have less chance of dependency.

Daily Mirror

Hay fever sufferers offered hope with 'red light' device giving 'rapid relief'

Hay fever suffers could soon be able to use a device that gives "rapid relief" to patients according to a new study by sending red light up their nose using a handheld device

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Evening Standard

Covid inquiry: UK entered pandemic with ‘depleted’ public services, hearing told

An expert report highlighted health inequalities in the UK, such as in life expectancy and deaths

The Independent UK

UK entered pandemic with ‘depleted’ public services, inquiry hears

An expert report highlighted health inequalities in the UK, such as in life expectancy and deaths.

The Week

Long Covid: a medical mystery

In early 2020, when Covid-19 was spreading rapidly across the globe, the data suggested that it was a short-lived infection.

Los Angeles Times

COVID vaccine should be updated to target XBB strain, FDA committee says

With an eye toward enhancing protection against the coronavirus, which is still evolving and circulating, federal health advisers said Thursday that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated to target the now-dominant XBB strains.

The Independent UK

FDA advisers consider changing COVID vaccine to target latest omicron strain

The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall

Liverpool Echo

Experts issue warning to anyone going to a festival this year

A number of infections are currently circulating across the country

The Independent UK

Pharmacist warns against one common hay fever habit that could lead to more serious eye problems

Continuous touching of the eyes can lead to eye infections like styes, conjunctivitis, or blepharitis.

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