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What we've learned from intentionally infecting people with Covid

Beginning in 2021, scientists in the UK embarked on three human challenge studies with healthy young adult participants

Wales Online

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

Kate Garraway shares 'uphill battle' after enduring tough 24 hours at home

Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway has gushed over 'hope' and 'new life' after enduring a difficult 24 hours at home which she described as an 'uphill battle'

Daily Mirror

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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

Jeremy Clarkson says people couldn’t get Covid vaccines because of traffic due to farm traffic

The former Top Gear presenter discussed the issue in his new series of Amazon Prime’s Clarkson’s Farm, which follows his attempts to run the farm in the Cotswolds.

Daily Record

Masks Make 'Little or No Difference' on COVID-19, Flu Rates: New Study

The Cochrane Library's review of masking trials should sound the death knell for mask mandates everywhere.

Reason

Kaylea Titford’s father found guilty of killing her by letting her become obese

Alun Titford convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence over 16-year-old’s death in October 2020

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Pfizer’s Susan Rienow: from Covid to fighting the ‘silent pandemic’

The pharma giant’s UK chief is adding the company’s voice to scientists’ warnings of the dangers of antibacterial resistance

The Guardian - UK

Covid ‘shaming’ shifted focus from UK government failures, study says

Creating conditions in which people suffered shame and stigma was ‘cynical’ tactic to steer attention away from errors, says study

The Guardian - UK

ATAGI approves fifth COVID shot for adults

All adult Australians who have not had a COVID-19 vaccination or infection within the past six months can get a booster shot from February 20.

The New Daily

While COVID raged, another deadly threat was on the rise in hospitals

LOS ANGELES — As COVID-19 began to rip through California, hospitals were deluged with sickened patients. Medical staff struggled to manage the onslaught.

Los Angeles Times

Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'

The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by long-acting antibody (LAAB) vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, according to the Department of Medical Sciences says.

Bangkok Post

Human challenge studies: what we've learned from intentionally infecting people with COVID

When COVID began to spread rapidly in 2020, sending the UK and other countries into lockdowns, many people asked what they could do to help. While millions of people found novel ways to help others in their communities, a large number became interested in volunteering for medical research.

The Conversation

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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The Guardian - AU

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

Axios

Immunocompromised worry they're getting left behind again

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

Bangkok Post

FDA defends vaccine shelf-life extensions

The Food and Drug Administration has said it was following the latest approved safety information when it extended the shelf life of some batches of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to 15 months from nine.

Tribune News Service

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…

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The Guardian - US

Suzan Lori-Parks: ‘Grief is an experience that has a lot of opportunity in it’

The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright discusses working through the pandemic and how to best utilise traumatic experiences

The Guardian - UK

Energy bills: ‘significant number’ of Britons got help they didn’t need – NAO

Public spending watchdog says £69bn package was applied so quickly it could be open to fraud

ABC News

Sunshine Coast coral reefs thriving as COVID dive project uncovers 'enormous amount of coral'

An abundance of healthy, thriving coral along a heavily developed coastline — far beyond what the team expected — has been uncovered by divers and researchers.

The Conversation

NZ’s health system has been under pressure for decades. Reforms need to think big and long-term to be effective

As New Zealand’s COVID cases rose in 2021, we were warned the virus would put significant pressure on our health system. But, in reality, New Zealand’s medical system has been struggling for a long time.

Zenger

New York City Gives Up On Vaccine Mandates, Putting Pressure On Biden To End Covid “Emergency”

Mayor Adams and other Democrats, are ending mandates while federal mandates remain on soldiers and federal workers.

The Independent UK

Labour: Government has ’10 days to act’ to avoid bus cuts

The current funding deal to keep services running despite the fall in demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic expires at the end of March.

Insider UK

Employers 'should invest in mental wellbeing and flexible working' to boost Scottish economic activity

Covid-19 Recovery Committee report criticises government for failing to learn lessons from the pandemic

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