The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Letter: Parents’ ‘personal choice’ should not extend to putting other children at risk, say Dr David Elliman and Prof Helen Bedford

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approved a major policy change on Tuesday that will remove the mercury-based preservative thimerosal from all flu vaccines distributed in the U.S.

People grow complacent about vaccines precisely because they are so effective. What happened to collective responsibility, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Federal liability protections currently prevent people suing COVID-19 vaccine makers, and instead require them to request compensation from a program that's covered only 39 COVID vaccine injury claims.

Letters: We need to address vaccine misinformation and hesitancy in communities to save lives, says Simon Brassel. Plus letters from Dr Munjed Farid Al Qutob and Matthew K Belmonte

Health authorities have confirmed the second case of a strain of mpox in Australia in a traveller who returned from overseas.

Attiya and Omer Sheikh carried out the offence in 2020.

Many people have difficulties stopping antidepressants. Especially if they have been taking these drugs for a long time, when they are at risk of suffering severe and long-lasting effects from withdrawal. I would know - I’ve been a GP for over 30 years with a specialist interest in mental health.

Declining health budgets and the spread of misinformation are putting children in the UK at risk of measles, as Rebecca Thomas reports