GETTING your Covid booster jab has been made even easier – with a change made to the booking system. People eligible for their top-up dose don’t have to book in for a slot, they can now turn up to a walk-in centre. LNP Booster jabs can be given out atContinue Reading
MILLIONS more Brits could get their booster jabs earlier as ministers relaxed the rules around who can get them. It comes as the NHS announced it had smashed through seven million booster jabs – a huge win for our Give Britain a Booster campaign – with 1.5million more invites going outContinue Reading
rafapress/Shutterstock If you live in a western country, prior to the pandemic you probably hadn’t heard of the medicine ivermectin. It’s a very effective treatment for a number of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). These are a group of debilitating infections that can cause chronic illness and death. They disproportionately affectContinue Reading
I Wei Huang/Shutterstock COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths have been rising in the UK, pressurising a health service that’s already working hard to treat the backlog of non-COVID patients that have accumulated since March 2020. While some modellers suggest that cases have peaked and are now set to fall, theContinue Reading
BRITS will be able to enjoy a “normal” Christmas this year but should self-test before visiting elderly relatives, Sajid Javid said today. The health secretary insisted the festive season will be “safe” so long as enough people get out and take their booster jabs. Reuters Sajid Javid insisted Brits willContinue Reading
TIME and time again throughout this pandemic the UK has been at the forefront of bringing forward innovations in science and medicine to help tackle the virus. It’s clear to see the massive impact of the vaccine programme, as well as older medicines such as dexamethasone, which was the firstContinue Reading
Evelyn Jung/Shutterstock According to the recent House of Commons report on the UK’s pandemic response, one of the government’s key failings was to assume that the success of countries like South Korea in controlling the virus couldn’t be replicated in Britain. This decision to ignore approaches that were proving successfulContinue Reading
Antibodies (light blue) binding to the spike proteins (dark purple) on the outside of the coronavirus. Design_Cells/Shutterstock A new treatment could soon help protect people from developing severe COVID. AstraZeneca has just released results from a phase 3 clinical trial – the final stage of testing before a drug isContinue Reading
BORIS Johnson today threw his weight behind The Sun’s campaign to ramp up Britain’s booster jabs campaign and save Christmas. The PM praised our drive to bolster the country’s Covid defences and urged all over-50s to make sure they came forward for their third dose. Getty Boris Johnson has thrownContinue Reading
Marina Demidiuk/Shutterstock Any new infectious disease is an unknown to pregnant women, as it might affect the pregnancy and the developing foetus. Because of this, careful attention has been paid to the effects of COVID on pregnant women ever since the beginning of the pandemic. Now, after 18 months ofContinue Reading
