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A fifth COVID vaccine will be available to Australian adults this month. Here's what you need to know

A fifth COVID-19 vaccine will be available this month. Here's who can and can't get it, and why.

ABC News

Australia to expand rollout of fifth COVID vaccine shot

Australia will roll out a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine later this month to all citizens aged 18 and above who have not contracted coronavirus or been vaccinated in the past six months, Health Minister Mark Butler said on Wednesday.

Reuters

All adults to be offered fresh COVID-19 booster

The government has announced everyone who has not had a COVID-19 booster or a case of the virus in the past six months can get another vaccine shot.

AAP

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Covid-19 health funding quietly halved

The money the health system has to fight Covid-19 in the first half of 2023 is less than half of what it had in the second half of 2022.

Newsroom.co.nz

Final call for Covid vaccine booster as council warns the last date for availability is this Sunday

After February 12, healthy 16 - 49-year-olds will no longer be able to book a Covid booster

Bristol Post

Colin Kaepernick Is Fact-Checking Police Killings, One Autopsy at a Time

It’s been seven years since he first knelt in protest of police violence—here’s what he’s doing about it.

Sports Illustrated

Australian adults will be able to get fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccine later this month

ATAGI recommends all people aged 18 and over, who have not had either a COVID-19 vaccine or confirmed coronavirus case in the last six months, get their latest shot from February 20.

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Fifth Covid vaccine for Australian adults to roll out later this month

Omicron-specific dose will be available for over-18s who have not had a booster or a confirmed coronavirus case in past six months

The Guardian - AU

Immunocompromised worry they're getting left behind again

The immunocompromised have largely been an afterthought throughout the pandemic, patient advocacy groups say.

Axios

Editorial: Kids need their shots: More kids should get their COVID vaccine; it’ll save lives

Remember COVID? A mutated version of the virus that not long ago dominated our lives is still killing more than 500 Americans per day on average — adding to a 1.1 million grim national total. Here in New York City, 13 people are dying on average each day, nothing to…

Tribune News Service

Long COVID study: Healthy lifestyle could lower risk for long COVID

BOSTON — A healthy lifestyle could lower the risk of long COVID, according to Boston researchers who found that simple lifestyle changes like getting enough sleep could prevent long COVID symptoms.

Boston Herald

10 most common current Covid symptoms as new variant spreads

Most common current symptoms of Covid-19 revealed

The Independent UK

Covid vaccine walk-in centres open this week as final day for booster jab looms

A number of sites in Greater Manchester will be open this week before major changes are made to vaccine eligibility

Manchester Evening News

Fresh DNA tests ordered in 40-year-old case where killer spiked medicine bottles

Investigators are taking DNA samples from people involved in the Tylenol murders case in Chicago, including Laura Morgan, in hopes of solving a crime committed in 1982

Daily Mirror

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Preacher who sold £91 'plague protection oil' as bogus cure for Covid is spared jail

Bishop Climate Wiseman, who claimed to have performed miracles on the sick, including curing cancer, was spared jailed after being found guilty of fraud in December last year by selling £91 protection kits against covid.

The Independent UK

Bishop who sold bogus Covid cure made from cedarwood and olive oil avoids jail

Bishop Climate Wiseman sold the mixture consisting of hyssop, cedarwood and olive oil

Wales Online

Preacher sold 'divine plague protection kit' amid 'drop dead' warnings during covid pandemic

Bishop Climate Wiseman has been sentenced for fraud after selling the kits made up of 'plague protection oil', a card and scarlet yarn

Bristol Post

Charity brings laughing gas awareness campaign to Bristol

Dawat-e-Islami is working with groups in Bristol to and the police to warn youngsters of potential dangers

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Commentary: We can’t separate abortion rights from other health issues

I’m at the pharmacy to pick up methotrexate — the medicine for my newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) — and I’m told they never got the prescription. It’s strange: I’m picking up another medicine, too, and the prescriptions were sent at the same time. The next day, it’s sent again,…

Bangkok Post

Covid becoming seasonal, annual vaccination will suffice

Covid-19 will become seasonal and vaccination should be annual for vulnerable people, while mRNA vaccine produces more complications than earlier vaccines, according to a prominent virologist.

The Independent UK

10 most common current Covid symptoms as new variant spreads

Most common current symptoms of Covid-19 revealed

Los Angeles Times

LA shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions

LOS ANGELES — When Los Angeles city employees file for religious or medical exemptions to the city's COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the requests are typically reviewed to ensure that exemption requests are valid.

Irish Mirror

New Covid variant 'Orthrus' found to have alarming mutation that 'beats' vaccines

The new Omicron subvariant has been named ‘Orthrus,’ after a two-headed dog from Greek mythology

The Guardian - UK

NHS fines mothers for claiming free prescriptions while pregnant

Pregnant women are entitled to free medication, but without a maternity exemption certificate they face bills of hundreds of pounds

The Independent UK

‘Thanks Pfizer’: The weird world of shakes, health anxiety and illness online

Eloise Hendy asks psychologists and doctors if the viral wave of vaccine-induced symptoms is real or faked or something else entirely

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