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NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

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

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

Cancer vaccines could be accessible to patients within the next decade, the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful Covid jabs has said.

Cancer vaccine could be available by 2030, say scientists behind Covid jab

A view of the West Wing of the White House on the morning that President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House has said

Discovery Park, located at Sandwich in Kent, is home to companies including pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, with some 3,500 people in total working across the site.

Science park home to Pfizer joins Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

A Covid vaccine booster which is aimed at tackling multiple variants of the virus has shown promise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine booster tackling multiple variants shows promise, suggests trial d...

The UK has become “one of the first in the world” to approve the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral after it was found to help prevent the virus from multiplying in at-risk sufferers.

UK approves ‘life-saving’ Pfizer antiviral to help at-risk Covid patients

Paxlovid has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (Photo: Shutterstock)

New oral Covid antiviral treatment given approval for use in UK

A child receives a dose of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid 19 vaccine. Picture: Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images

Study has revealed why children are more protected from severe Covid than adults

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 17, 2021 shows a child receiving a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19, in Paris. - The vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 is officially open, French Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on December 22, 2021, although he said the booster dose had not been extended to teenagers "for the moment". (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine approved for use on children aged five to 11

Booster jab side effects: Pfizer and Moderna booster side effects - and how the Covid booster vaccines differ (Image credit: Getty Images/troyanphotos via Canva Pro)

Here are the side effects to expect after your Covid booster jab

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect...

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa...

Booster vaccines should protect people against Omicron, new study suggests

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Here's why AstraZeneca isn't being used as a Covid booster vaccine (Image credit: Getty Images/Canva Pro)

Here's why AstraZeneca isn't being used as a Covid booster vaccine

Pharmaceutical firms are working to tweak vaccines against new Omicron variant

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

Health officials have announced that the Covid-19 vaccine booster will be offered to healthy 40 to 49-year-olds.

Covid Scotland: vaccine booster will be offered to over-40s

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has given an update regarding the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the UK at a Downing Street press conference (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images and Shutterstock)

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces government’s Covid Plan B ‘will not be im...

Children aged 12 to 15 in the UK are now eligible to receive a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Giving kids second jab could prevent thousands of long Covid cases

Younger teenagers can now receive the vaccine

Covid vaccine appointments sent to 12 to 15-year-olds from Monday

Children aged 12 to 15 are now being vaccinated against Covid in Scotland and England (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Shocking disparity in vaccination rates between rich and poor –Dr Gwenetta Curry

Kira Noble celebrated her 18th birthday in June

Cancer teen 'living life to max' on wonder drug makes plea for kinder treatments

Scotland’s rollout of Covid booster vaccinations for elderly care home residents is to get under way, while children aged 12 to 15 will be offered their first coronavirus jab.

Booster programme for care homes begins as 12 to 15-year-olds invited for jabs

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

An expansion of the vaccine programme has been announced

Booster jags and vaccines for 12-15s from next week in Scotland

The Government is to set out plans for Covid booster jabs as ministers unveil their blueprint for “living with the virus” through the winter. (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell - Pool /Getty Images)

Ministers to set out plans for Covid ‘booster’ jabs

The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

The risk of thrombocytopenia is almost nine times higher in someone infected with coronavirus compared to one vaccine dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Risk of blood clots 9 times higher from Covid infection than the vaccine

New vaccine research warns that protection starts to weaken six months after jags.

New research warns that protection starts to weaken six months after vaccine

Covid protection could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly and healthcare workers by winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Protection from Covid vaccines starts to wane within 6 months

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

More people are being treated for eating disorders. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines more quickly than AstraZeneca, finds study

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

Empty vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 disease vaccine. Picture: Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images

Are there side effects from vaccine jabs and how many people get them?

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Most vulnerable children only to be given Covid vaccine

Pfizer vaccine: Why is Pfizer seeking booster shot approval from the FDA for a third Covid vaccine? (Photo by Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Why are Pfizer, BioNTech to seek regulatory approval for a Covid booster shot?

Mixing vaccines can generate high levels of antibodies which can protect against Covid (Photo: Getty Images)

Mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines creates stronger immune response against ...

Andrew Marr leaves BBC Television Centre after hosting BBC One's The Andrew Marr Show on November 29, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Can you get Covid after being fully vaccinated?

A woman receives a vaccine at the Chelsea F.C. pop up vaccine hub (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Period changes after Covid vaccine could be 'coincidence' despite 4,000 reports

Top Pfizer / BioNtech scientist has weighed in on the debate of how much time should be allowed between administering the first and second doses of Covid vaccines. (Pic: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine second dose: UK timing of Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs explained

People walk passed a Vaccination Centre sign at the Royal Highland Centre in Ingliston. Picture: PA Media

Drop in Covid vaccinations at Royal Highland Centre during showcase

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi. Picture: PA Media

Scotland will receive enough vaccine doses to meet July target, minister says

Humza Yousaf Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care .

Health secretary warns of 'squeezed' Pfizer vaccine supply

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No immediate plans to vaccinate children as Pfizer jag approved for teens

Pfizer vaccine has been approved for use in 12 to 15-year-old's in the UK.

Pfizer vaccine approved for use in 12 to 15-year-old's in the UK

The Delta variant is now dominant in the UK. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Study finds Pfizer vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels against Delta v...

The Pfizer vaccine was the first Covid vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, with millions now vaccinated with the jab since December 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Side effects of first and second dose of Pfizer vaccine explained

Vaccines 'offer high levels of protection against Indian variant' study reveals. (Credit: PA/PA Wire)

Vaccines 'offer high levels of protection against Indian variant' study reveals

The Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to be effective against the Indian variant, BioNTech boss has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer jab likely to be effective against Indian variant of Covid, says BioNTech...

Mixing vaccines can results in an increase of symptoms including chills and a fever (Getty Images)

Mixing Covid-19 vaccines may lead to increased symptoms, study suggests

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