The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise

For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Extra Covid booster jabs given to almost half of over-75s in England

The spring booster jab campaign began on March 21

Wales Online · May 5, 2022

Dynavax's Adjuvant-Based Bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Shows Encouraging Preclinical Action

Clover Biopharmaceuticals Ltd announced new promising data from a preclinical study on its bivalent vaccine candidate, which combines the trimeric spike antigens from the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the omicron variant.  Clover developed the SCB-2019 antigen, a stabilized trimeric form of the S-protein based on the original strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It…

Benzinga · May 5, 2022

‘Miracle’ conjoined twins have separation operation delayed after babies catch Covid

Hannah and Nick Bateson, from Toomebridge, Co Antrim, found out their babes were conjoined twins in a 12-week scan

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Half of over-75s in England receive Covid vaccine ‘spring booster’

Around five million people will be eligible for the jab.

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

Covid rates in the North East fall by a third - as many places report just handfuls of new cases

Though places like Cramlington are still seeing clusters of Covid-19 cases, across the North East the rate of infection is lower even than earlier this month.

Chronicle Live · May 5, 2022

Rutherglen Naked Attraction star told cops 'I hope you die of covid' in abusive tirade

Amira Nadeem, who rose to fame as the Channel 4 show's first transgender contestant, verbally abused police when they attended her Rutherglen home and found several people there during lockdown.

Glasgow Live · May 5, 2022

Former police chief condemns pressure to investigate Keir Starmer’s office beer

Michael Barton says those pushing for action, such as Tory MPs and rightwing papers, are using policing as a ‘political football’

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022

How prisons are using COVID-19 containment measures as a guise for torture

Newly reported data shows that torture continues in federal prison segregation units. It’s an ongoing feature of Ontario provincial jails too.

The Conversation · May 5, 2022

Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Lower; Nasdaq Tumbles 4%

U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping around 4% on Thursday.

Benzinga · May 5, 2022