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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

People over 18 start getting booster texts from HSE over Covid-19 vaccine lapse risk

Walk-in vaccination clinics are running this Bank Holiday weekend from Friday to Monday

Irish Mirror

I’m a doctor and I don’t like wearing masks at work. Does that make me selfish?

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by George Monbiot in which he discusses mask-wearing, clean air and empathy

The Guardian - UK

Post-Christmas fall in Covid-19 hospital patients comes to a halt

Health experts warn that further increases are likely in coming weeks.

The Independent UK

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Six in 10 people with long Covid have had symptoms for a year, figures suggest

More than a third say they have suffered long Covid for at least two years.

The Independent UK

Breakthrough in preventing hepatitis B transmission from mothers to children

Only 0.1 per cent of babies born to hepatitis B positive mothers go on to develop the disease

The Independent UK

10 most common current Covid symptoms as new variant spreads

Most common current symptoms of Covid-19 revealed

The Independent UK

Merck COVID drug linked to new virus mutations, study says

Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 pill is giving rise to new mutations of the virus in some patients, according to a study that underscores the risk of trying to intentionally alter the pathogen’s genetic code.

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Covid cases rise by 50% in 10 days as Kraken variant takes hold of UK

The strain accounts for 42 per cent of cases in the US, rising from 12 per cent in just three weeks

Wales Online

What will change once federal COVID-19 emergency ends in May?

The pandemic increased health care coverage, boosted telehealth, beefed up food assistance and offered universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. On May 11, President Joe Biden plans to end the emergencies declared for the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

11-day Covid warning as vaccination programme draws to a close

The countdown is now on

Nottingham Post

COVID emergencies are about to end, so take advantage of free vaccines, tests now

Get your booster,

Chicago Sun-Times

Experts unsure about who needs boosters

FDA expert committee needs more data to decide when to give out COVID boosters — and who needs them most

Salon

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests

The Independent UK

Health department reviewing fifth COVID-19 vaccine. But what if you have missed a dose?

The health department is expected to make a decision on the fifth dose within weeks. Here's what we know so far.

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The Times of India

Coronavirus vaccine: MIT Professor calls for immediate suspension of COVID mRNA vaccine

The number of health professionals urging for the suspension of COVID mRNA vaccine is increasing. The call for withdrawing the vaccine is getting stronger.

Nottingham Post

Last chance to get Covid booster jab across Nottinghamshire as offer set to end

350,000 people have had their Covid-19 autumn booster across Nottinghamshire

Evening Standard

Wave of Covid-19 infections in China ‘coming to an end’

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report that infections are past their peak and have begun to trend downward

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: COVID Remains a Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert. The pandemic was likely in a "transition point" that continues to need careful management to "mitigate the potential negative consequences", the agency added in a…

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Tribune News Service

24 hours in ER with sick mom gives insights on COVID, hospital strain

Winters are always busy at health care facilities. This year, in addition to a super contagious coronavirus, hospitals have been dealing with a more ferocious flu season, other respiratory viruses and fewer available hospital beds in Atlanta. Health reporter Helena Oliviero recently got a close-up view of the confluence of…

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong doctors report people chasing Covid antivirals 'for family members'

Some people in Hong Kong have been acting suspiciously to get their hands on Covid-19 antiviral drugs, the Post has learned, with one person going to six doctors in a single day asking for the same medicine.

The Independent UK

10 most common current Covid symptoms as new variant spreads

Most common current symptoms revealed

Salon

Boosters can protect against XBB.1.5

Experts hope the new data on how the bivalent vaccine fares against XBB.1.5 will motivate more to get booster shots

Salon

A new COVID-19 booster each fall?

An FDA advisory committee recommended a major overhaul to how COVID shots are issued

Los Angeles Times

On third anniversary of COVID’s arrival, LA County ‘in a much better place’

LOS ANGELES — Three years to the day after reporting its first confirmed case of COVID-19, Los Angeles County is “in a much better place” in the pandemic — hard-won progress a top health official attributed to vaccination, community immunity resulting from the virus’ rampant spread and development of tools…

Evening Standard

London revealed to have lowest prevalence of Covid in UK with 1 in 90 infected

1.1million in private households in the UK were likely to have had Covid-19 in the week ending January 17 - down 39% from the previous week

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