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Covid shots for young kids not popular outside Bangkok

A heavily promoted campaign offering free Covid-19 vaccinations for children is getting a slow response, with parents showing reluctance.

Bangkok Post

Wet conditions put dogs at risk of deadly bacterial disease

The rain has increased the chance of dogs coming into contact with a deadly disease, while vets struggle to keep up with vaccine demand.

The New Daily

In Africa's monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected

At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her delicate skin.

Reuters

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Malaria makes a comeback

The government's commitment to eradicating malaria by 2024 is facing a tough challenge. The infection rate this year is 2.5 times higher than last year, with 8,229 cases and counting.

Bangkok Post

Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa

The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease’s emergence.

The Conversation

Covid: Dozens of children given higher dose of vaccine at clinic ‘by mistake’

Solent NHS Trust has apologised and say they’re taking the issue ‘very seriously’

The Independent UK

Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining — should you be worried?

Covid-19's impact is still evident in life expectancy data for the U.S. and U.K. — despite the pandemic's effects on society being in decline.

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Scotland Covid warning as two 'nightmare' mutant strains found in UK patients

Cases of variants BQ.1 and XBB have been recorded across the country, with the latter said to spread quickly and appearing to evade vaccine protection.

Edinburgh Live

Toddlers to get free vaccines

At least 47 privately owned hospitals in major cities will provide the Covid-19 vaccine to children aged six months to four years old for free.

Bangkok Post

Winter’s coming — and so is COVID ‘trouble’ as coronavirus cases rise but vaccine booster rates don’t

“We are not where we need to be as a city, in people getting that fall 2022 booster,” a costumed Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

Chicago Sun-Times

New Covid variant XBB hits 18 UK cases - all you need to know about the deadly 'nightmare' strain

It is thought as though the mutant strain may be a factor in the recent spike of cases, as it spreads rapidly and appears to evade vaccine immunity.

Chronicle Live

Covid 'nightmare variant' hits 18 UK cases - all you need to know about deadly XBB strain

It is thought that the mutant strain may be a factor in the recent spike in cases because it spreads quickly and appears to evade people's vaccine protection

Daily Mirror

China rolls out first inhalable Covid vaccine days after Wuhan goes into third lockdown

The first people are starting to receive the Covid vaccine, which is inhaled via the mouth from a vessel that looks like a takeaway coffee cup with a short mouthpiece, in China

Daily Mirror

Girl, 15, died 'astonishingly quickly' on day she was due to receive her Covid vaccine

Jorja Halliday, 15, from Portsmouth, Hampshire, died from rare heart inflammation in the early hours of 24 September last year after testing positive for Covid-19 hours earlier

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The Independent UK

Girl died after suffering rare inflammation of heart linked to Covid – inquest

Jorja Halliday’s mother said the teenager died on the day that she was due to have her Covid-19 vaccine.

The Independent UK

Girl, 15, died after suffering inflammation of heart linked to Covid-19

Jorja Halliday’s mother said the teenager died on the day that she was due to have her Covid-19 vaccine.

Wales Online

15-year-old girl died suddenly from Covid complication on day her vaccine was due

Consultant paediatric pathologist Samantha Holden gave a cause of death of acute myocarditis associated with Covid-19

Bangkok Post

China rolls out first inhalable Covid vaccine

SHANGHAI: In what is believed to be a world first, Shanghai this week introduced a new type of Covid-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection.

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The 'surprising' finding of an online poll about COVID-19 vaccines is not what it seems

A news.com.au poll on vaccine satisfaction was shared dozens of times in online groups populated by anti-vax activists, some with direct call outs encouraging manipulation of the results.

Irish Mirror

New data lists the Covid symptoms to look out for depending on which vaccines you’ve had

There’s a whole host of different potential symptoms, ranging from mild fatigue to much more severe ones

Wales Online

Flu spike leaves some young children needing intensive care

In total around 33 million people in England can get a free flu vaccine this year, including everyone aged 50 and over, all primary-age children and some secondary-age children

The Independent UK

Flu levels continuing to rise in England with rates highest among children

Vaccine uptake among very young children is down on this point last year.

The Conversation

COVID vaccines don't just benefit physical health – they improve mental health too

The considerable physical health benefits of COVID vaccines, in particular, the significantly reduced risk of serious illness, hospitalisation and death from the virus, are well known.

Tribune News Service

Sacramento school board candidate argued polio vaccine could be replaced with light

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A candidate for a seat on a Sacramento school board aired vaccine misinformation and criticized state policies related to race and sex education at public meetings over the past year, videos show.

Los Angeles Times

'Media literacy' advocates push to create savvier consumers of news and information

The Instagram headline was pithy and alarming: “Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization.” And the report, from a murky source, could have had real-world consequences, coming in 2020, just as the U.S. rolled out the first vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

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