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People are being urged to get their Covid and flu vaccinations.

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Two scientists credited with making major breakthroughs in the development of mRNA vaccine to fight Covid-19 have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

Medical staff preparing shots of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Picture: PA

'Next generation' dual Covid booster jab targeting two strains approved for use

Which Covid vaccine is best? Oxford, Pfizer, Moderna jabs explained. (Pic: Shutterstock)

Which is the best Covid vaccine? Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna jabs explained

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Scotland's vaccine rollout is underway (Getty Images)

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Dolly Parton was credited with helping to fund the Moderna vaccine (Vanderbilt Health)

These are the lyrics to Dolly Parton's vaccine song

A vaccine produced by Johnson and Johnson could be rolled out in the US from 1 March (Picture: Getty Images)

Is the Johnson and Johnson Covid vaccine safe and will it be used in the UK?

The head of the UK vaccine taskforce has said that all adults in the UK could receive both Covid-19 vaccine doses by August (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

All UK adults could be fully vaccinated against Covid by August - according to h...

It is not uncommon to experience a range of side effects after the Covid jab (Shutterstock)

These are the side effects you may experience after receiving the Covid vaccine

It is not yet known if there is an effective vaccine against new strains of Covid, identified in South Africa and Brazil (Photo by Dan Charity - Pool/Getty Images)

Do current vaccines work against new Covid strains?

Scientists have said the Oxford vaccine could lead to a 'substantial' fall in the spread of Covid-19 (Getty Images)

Can you spread Covid after having the vaccine?

A member of the vaccine team prepares a syringe with a dose of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine

Everything you need to know about NHS Lothian's Covid-19 vaccination roll-out

Russia's Sputnik V jab has shown "encouraging" interim trial efficacy data, published in The Lancet. (Pic: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines: how effective is Russia's Sputnik V compared to UK approved jabs

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What are the symptoms of the new UK Covid variant?

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Novavax vaccine: where is it being made and who owns it?

A new strain of Covid-19 has been identified in the UK (Shutterstock)

Everything you need to know about the UK Covid strain

Pfizer and BioNTech have both confirmed that their vaccine is effective against both the UK and South African variants of Covid (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is effective against UK and South African variants - new st...

While Moderna has said that its vaccine is effective against the new Covid-19 strains, a booster shot is in development (Photo: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Moderna says Covid vaccine is effective against new variants - but a 'booster sh...

The Oxford jab was found to have an efficacy of 62 per cent (Photo: Getty Images)

Oxford Covid jab falls short of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for herd immunity - ...

This is how long you must wait after your Covid vaccine before seeing friends an...

Practice Nurse Ruth Davies holds a vial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine at Pentlands Medical Centre in Edinburgh.

Scotland to deliver 400,000 Covid-19 vaccines a week from end of February

The jab, developed by US-based company Moderna, has been shown to have a 94 per cent effectiveness against Covid-19.

Moderna: Third coronavirus vaccine approved for use in the UK

The UK has now approved two different vaccines for use.

Can you choose which Covid vaccine to have?

Moderna’s Covid vaccine has been approved in Europe - but when will the UK get i...

Vaccine developers are currently looking at ways to boost the effectiveness of a vaccine so that it provides longer immune protection

This is how long it takes for a Covid vaccine to work

Moderna’s Covid vaccine has been approved in the US - but when will the UK get i...

Pubs, restaurants and cinemas could deny entry to people who refuse to get Covid...

The UK has ordered 2m more doses of the Moderna vaccine - but when will we get i...

After getting a vaccination, people will often feel an unpleasant and temporary reaction as a side effect

These are the side effects you should expect after a Covid vaccine

A researcher in a laboratory at the Jenner Institute working on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. PA Photo.

Oxford vaccine to be 'imminently' available in Scotland

Oxford’s Covid vaccine shows a potential for up to 90% protection - but how does...

Researchers concluded that the vaccine is between 62 per cent and 90 per cent effective, depending on how and when the two necessary doses of the jab are administered. (Photo by Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP)

Oxford University vaccine shows 70 per cent protection, trial suggests

Jeane Freeman confident of Scotland starting up its vaccine programme before Christmas, if one is approved. (Pic: Getty Images)

Who will be first to get the Covid jab - and when?

Moderna is one of three companies to have reported encouraging trial results of its Covid vaccine recently. (Pic: Getty)

How do the Oxford AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna jabs compare?

Dolly Parton gave a lot of money to research into the Moderna Covid vaccination (Shutterstock)

How much did Dolly Parton give to research into the Moderna Covid vaccination?

Matt Hancock says he ‘cannot rule out’ the possibility of mandatory Covid vaccin...

The UK has bought 5m doses of the new Moderna Covid vaccine - here’s everything ...

Pedestrians wearing face masks walk past the headquarters of biotechnology company Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Picture: Matthew Healey/AFP via Getty Images

Britain secures five million doses of a second coronavirus vaccine

A nearly 95% effective Covid vaccine has been developed - here’s when the UK cou...

Plans for Scots vaccine roll-out will be unveiled this week

Scots national Covid vaccination plan to be unveiled this week

The Moderna vaccine was 94.5 per cent effective in trials.

Second Covid-19 vaccine is over 90% effective in early trials

Blood samples from coronavirus vaccine trials are handled inside the Jenner Institute in Oxford (Picture: John Cairns, University of Oxford via AP)

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