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The new RSV vaccine is vital for babies and the NHS this winter

Analysis: A new vaccine has the potential to hugely benefit the NHS, which is hit with 30,000 hospital admissions for children each year due to the RSV virus, writes Rebecca Thomas

The Independent UK

Mpox vaccines are available – why are they not reaching Africa?

Nigeria became the first African country this week to receive a batch of vaccines against mpox, a viral disease whose rapid spread led the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency in mid-August. While more vaccine doses are available, experts say high costs and regulatory hurdles have prevented…

France 24

The number of Covid vaccine skeptics is only growing in America, survey finds

New Covid vaccines are expected to roll out next month

The Independent UK

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Parents in UK urged to ensure children get measles jab before new school term

Health agency warns of surge in cases of potentially serious disease as MMR vaccination uptake falls below 95%

The Guardian - UK

Equity program for COVID vaccines ending

Congress slashed pandemic funding in May. Soon uninsured people will lose access to free COVID vaccines

Salon

Doctors rarely understand how influence really works. The result: an NHS bowing to the needs of big pharma

There must be transparency over funding to medics from the pharmaceutical industry – and that’s only the start, says the GP and writer Margaret McCartney

The Guardian - UK

Long Covid: Women and ethnic minorities experience more intense symptoms , study finds

Exclusive: Research finds that pain and anxiety are most common symptoms of condition

Evening Standard

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Communicate risks of not getting Covid vaccine to boost uptake, study suggests

Focus on potential harms from staying unvaccinated found to be more effective than messaging on jab’s benefits

The Guardian - UK

Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues

Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week

The Independent UK

Mpox outbreak: What are the symptoms and how worried should I be about the new variant in the UK?

A new variant of the disease is mutating more rapidly than expected, scientists say

The Independent UK

Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics

Extremely potent synthetics drugs that have already caused dozens of overdose deaths in 2024 are being found in vaping liquid, ecstasy and depressants.

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Another Round of Free COVID Tests Is Coming

The government is once again providing free COVID tests to American households this fall.

Kiplinger

GP suspended for prescribing pills to addicted patient

A general practitioner has been suspended after he increased the dose of sleeping pills to a patient addicted to them.

AAP

Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus

The continent will belatedly get 10,000 shots amid criticism of delays to the process caused by WHO red tape

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‘Real hope’ for cystic fibrosis patients as NHS rolls out life-changing drug

Campaigners hail decision to give thousands of sufferers access to new set of drugs known as ‘modulators’

The Independent UK

Here’s why Covid cases are spiking again and how it could affect you

The FDA announced Thursday that it has approved new Covid vaccine shots

The Guardian - US

US health authorities expect similar or better respiratory virus season this fall

Officials caveat that forecast depends on Americans continuing to get vaccinated against Covid, flu and RSV

The Guardian - AU

Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant

The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox

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The Guardian - UK

Fifth of patients at two north of England surgeries have long Covid, study finds

Report into prevalence of condition reveals stark north/south divide with the highest rates in north-west

Salon

New COVID vaccines approved early

New shots from Pfizer and Moderna will be available within days. Here's how to get yours

Al Jazeera

Mapped: New mpox cases reported. What countries have it now?

New, potentially more deadly strain of virus is rapidly spreading in Africa and has been discovered in Asia and Europe.

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Long Covid affects teens and children very differently, new study reveals - here’s everything parents need to know

New research is highlighting the different ways Long Covid can impact kids and teenagers

Al Jazeera

Thailand says mpox detected in European who travelled from Africa

The 66-year-old male arrived in the country on August 14 and is being quarantined in a hospital.

Evening Standard

'Is mpox another Covid-19 - the answer is clearly no' - WHO chief

Health authorities in Europe are on alert after a case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed last week in Sweden and linked to a growing outbreak in Africa

The Independent UK

World Health Organization moves to stress that mpox is not ‘the new COVID’

About 100 new cases of the clade 2 mpox strain are now being reported in the European region every month

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