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Monkeypox’s effect on the skin – the disfiguring rashes – and the flu-like symptoms have been well described, but few have investigated the neurological and psychiatric problems the virus might cause. There are historic reports of neurological complications in people infected with the related smallpox virus and in people vaccinatedContinue Reading

COVID vaccine: children aged 5-11 in the UK will no longer be offered a jab – here's why that’s bad news

PattyPhoto/Shutterstock Several countries, including the US and Australia, recommend vaccinating children aged five to 11 against COVID. The UK was much slower to approve this compared with some other countries and labelled it a “non-urgent offer” when COVID vaccines were made available to this age group in April this year.Continue Reading