‘Verified’ anti-vax accounts proliferate as Twitter struggles to police content Platform’s paid verification system is being used to give sense of validity to accounts pushing health misinformation The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2022
Fit and healthy father diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer reveals first warning sign Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2022
Complete list of Covid-19 booster and flu jag drop-in centres across Ayrshire NHS Ayrshire & Arran is offering Covid-19 boosters and seasonal flu vaccines to eligible people on a drop-in basis at various sites across the region. Daily Record · Nov 19, 2022
Covid conspiracy theorist planned to ‘topple government’ with attacks on phone masts and M1, court hears Oliver Lewin believed white people across Europe were being ‘systematically killed by the Covid vaccine’ The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
RSV: experts explain why rates of this virus are surging this year Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus, typically causing infection in children during the colder months. In most cases, RSV causes a mild illness, with symptoms similar to that of a regular cold. The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022
Pfizer/BioNTech's updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1 Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot produced higher virus-neutralizing antibodies in older adults against the emerging subvariant BQ.1.1 than its original vaccine. Reuters · Nov 18, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license. Los Angeles Times · Nov 18, 2022
Healthy Men: Why guys need to man up to flu Dear Healthy Men: I’ve already had my COVID-19 shot and two boosters, but my wife is bugging me to get a flu vaccine. I say that the COVID shots will protect me. She disagrees. Who’s right? Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022
Fit and healthy father diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer reveals first warning sign Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Indian Health Service steps up COVID, other vaccine push The Indian Health Service says all tribal members covered by the federal agency will be offered a vaccine at every appointment, when appropriate The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
‘Fresh hope’ for brain cancer patients as vaccine extends survival in trial Vaccine trialled at King’s College Hospital found to prolong life by months and even years in patients with most aggressive brain tumours Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2022
What does the COVID-19 'variant soup' mean for the Asia-Pacific region as travel ramps up? As sub-variants vie for dominance, how is COVID-19 playing out in different countries across our region? ABC News · Nov 17, 2022
Two new Covid subvariants have taken over in the US “BA.5 is essentially declining quickly, probably soon to be gone,” says the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
Almost twice as many Republicans than Democrats died of Covid, study says The gap in death rates between the parties grew substantially after the vaccines were introduced The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
Reuters · Nov 17, 2022 EU secures up to 2 million monkeypox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic The European Union said on Thursday it had secured supply of up to 2 million doses of a monkeypox vaccine from Danish company Bavarian Nordic for the next two years.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022 Vaccine shown to prolong life of patients with aggressive brain cancer Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022 ‘I’m just carrying on’: vaccine gives brain cancer patient years of extra life The revolutionary DCVax-L vaccine has allowed Nigel French to live a normal life seven years after a brain cancer diagnosis
Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022 Healthy dad reveals first warning sign after docs say he has stage 4 bowel cancer Geoffrey Seymour, 41, who lives in Richmond, in west London, is hoping a ground-breaking vaccine administered in Germany might give him a lifeline
Reuters · Nov 17, 2022 German panel recommends COVID shot only for at-risk youngsters Germany's vaccine advisory panel on Thursday recommended that Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children from six months to four years should only be given routinely to those at risk of severe disease from the infection.
Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022 Blackfeet Nation challenges Montana ban on vaccine mandates as infringement on sovereignty J.R. Myers’ frustration grew as he read the email: To attend a local economic development council meeting in Browning — the largest community on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana — he had to bring proof he was vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022 Fit and healthy father diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer reveals first warning sign Geoffrey Seymour discovered blood in his stool just before his 41st birthday, which turned out to be stage four cancer
Manchester Evening News · Nov 16, 2022 Monsters in the Mall highlight 'double trouble' of Covid and flu People urged to get vaccinated against potential killer illnesses
The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022 Scientists believe they’ve developed vaccine to stop deadly effect of fentanyl Vaccine contains adjuvant derived from E coli which boosts immune system’s response to it
ABC News · Nov 16, 2022 Foot-and-mouth-disease live virus could be imported by CSIRO to test new vaccine Australia's lead research agency is creating a new foot-and-mouth vaccine but the process is complicated, and checks and balances need to be in place before it can happen.
Wales Online · Nov 16, 2022 Covid symptoms are changing for people who have had vaccines Up to one in five people are suffering with diarrhoea, according to a new report