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Moderna to ship larger vials of its Covid-19 vaccine to state health departments by late May

Moderna will start shipping its bigger vaccine vials that contain 15 doses instead of 10 by late MAY Moderna Inc is manufacturing a larger vial of its COVID-19 ... read more

Coronavirus: Covid elimination policies are best, says Oxford article

Countries that tried to keep out Covid completely rather than controlling it survived the pandemic with fewer deaths, more money and more freedom, economists sa... read more

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES Covid exposure risk because people more likely to ‘cluster’

Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES the risk that passengers will be exposed to Covid because people are more likely to ‘cluster’ while dealing wi... read more

Vaccination for Children: What to Know?

The theory behind immunisation is simple- you inoculate a healthy person with an antibody or an infection to force an immune response in the body that is specif... read more

Seniors: How to Take Care of Bone Health

If you are over sixty-five and have heard a lot about decreasing bone density and hence their increased fragility, you have heard a fact. However, it does not m... read more

US states will get 30 MILLION doses of Covid vaccines next week despite falling demand

The White House has said that states will be receiving nearly 30 million coronavirus vaccine doses this week. This is a seven percent increase from the approxim... read more

Fully vaccinated seniors are 94% less at-risk of being hospitalized for Covid

COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna are 94 percent effective at preventing people 65 and older from winding up hospitalized for the infection, a new Ce... read more

Covid hospitalizations surge by a QUARTER in two weeks in Oregon and Nevada

States in the western U.S. are seeing a rise in coronavirus cases as younger people get hospitalized and vaccination rates decline. In Oregon, adults in their 2... read more

Health chiefs will decide TOMORROW whether under-40s will get alternative to AstraZeneca’s Covid jab

Professor Anthony Harnden said officials were discussing making the change Officials may decide whether under-40s should also be offered an alternative to Astra... read more

Schoolchildren should be taught to spot anti-vaxx misinformation on social media, scientist claims

Schools should teach children how to spot misinformation on social media at schools so they don’t fall for anti-vaxx propaganda, top expert claims Sir Dav... read more

Matt Hancock is ‘delighted’ after getting text inviting him to get a Covid vaccine

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been invited for his first coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 42-year-old said he was ‘delighted’ to have receiv... read more

40m Britons now live in practically ‘Covid-free’ areas

Nearly 40million people in England live in practically ‘Covid-free’ areas, data has revealed. The UK’s hugely successful vaccine rollout and c... read more

Coronavirus: UK records 17 more Covid deaths and 2,685 cases on Tuesday

Britain today confirmed another 17 Covid deaths and 2,685 infections as the numbers continued to fall but Boris Johnson warned the country is ‘not out of ... read more

One dose of vaccine slashes risk of spreading Covid by up to HALF, major study reveals 

A single dose of vaccine slashes the risk of spreading coronavirus by up to half, a major study reveals today. Not only does the jab reduce a person’s cha... read more

Woman’s cat saved her life by detecting breast cancer

An animal lover has hailed her rescue cat a hero after he saved her life by detecting her breast cancer. Kate King-Scribbins, 35, from St Paul, Minnesota, was d... read more

Things To Consider When Deciding Whether To Pull Your Tooth or Save It

Few things on the planet can cause the same level of unrelenting pain as a toothache. The problem with a toothache is you can often face a lengthy delay in seei... read more

Covid-19: One in four suffer mild side effects from AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines, study shows

Just one in four people suffer mild side effects after taking a coronavirus vaccine, real-world data has shown. Data from the ZOE Covid Symptom Tracking Study â... read more

Coronavirus: UK confidence in Covid vaccine safety has RISEN despite blood clot scare

People in the UK now have more faith in the safety of Covid vaccines than they did before the blood clotting scares across Europe, a poll has suggested. The num... read more

CDC committee updates recommendations on use of the J&J Covid vaccine after pause is lifted

Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine will now include a warning that rare blood clotting events might occur after the shot is administering, primar... read more

Expert warns that heavy drinking can suppress your immune system and weaken Covid shot’s effects 

Why you should NOT toast your vaccination: Expert warns that heavy drinking before or after you get your Covid shot could suppress your immune system and weaken... read more

Doctors call on the US to send its stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines to crisis-hit India NOW

Global health experts are calling on the U.S. government to send its stockpile of AstraZeneca-University of Oxford coronavirus vaccines to India immediately as ... read more

Wealthiest areas in Miami are 100% vaccinated compared to just a third in poor communities

Some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Miami are completely vaccinated against COVID-19 while poorer communities remain largely unprotected. In exclusive areas... read more

Biden keeps his mask ON after CDC said fully-vaccinated Americans can go MASKLESS outside 

President Joe Biden kept his face mask on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said fully vaccinated Americans can now safely go w... read more

Fully vaccinated Americans can go maskless outside – except in crowds

Fully vaccinated Americans can now go without masks outside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday. ‘If you are fully vacci... read more