The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Autumn Covid booster could be offered this year as experts make new recommendation

The JCVI has issued a series of recommendations for using vaccines to tackle Covid in 2023

Manchester Evening News · Jan 25, 2023

Covid-19 boosters advised for at-risk groups this autumn

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has also not ruled out the need for extra jabs should new variants be uncovered

Wales Online · Jan 25, 2023

Warning of big change to Covid vaccines in UK

Vaccination experts said the nation is moving away from the ’emergency response’ to the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

Coronavirus: US proposes annual COVID shots

COVID vaccinations are likely to become an annual shot in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday have proposed to make COVID jabs like an annual flu shot. This, reports say, is a simplified approach for future vaccination efforts and will help in a better vaccination coverage…

The Times of India · Jan 24, 2023

FDA lays out annual COVID shot plan similar to flu

Americans will get a clearer idea of how often they’ll roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 shots when advisers to U.S. regulators meet Thursday to discuss an immunization schedule that looks more like the one used for flu.

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

Airport testing shows Covid numbers on arrival 'very low'

Five international travellers who arrived in the kingdom in the past two weeks tested positive for Covid-19, while 300-400 departing travellers, including Thais, were infected with the virus, according to health authorities.

Bangkok Post · Jan 23, 2023

US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

‘Thanks Pfizer’: False Covid vaccine tremor claims spread on social media

People in the US have been sharing videos on social media showing them seemingly trembling and shaking

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2023

The FDA considers a major shift in the nation's COVID vaccine strategy

The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.

WEKU · Jan 23, 2023

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can make Illinois healthier than ever

In the three years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois, public health experts have gained invaluable knowledge to improve our health care system.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 23, 2023