Jab teams in Indian variant-hit Bolton defy official advice and roll out crisis doses for the young

Northerners are made of stern stuff but even they need a good reason to go out and be buffeted by driving rain and howling winds. For the citizens of Bolton, that reason is the Indian variant of coronavirus. ‘I’m here because I couldn’t get an appointment with my GP,’ explained mother-of-four Mel Flanagan as she … Read more

Covid jab sites prepare for flood of patients as doses are accelerated for over 50s

Covid vaccine sites are preparing for floods of patients as health chiefs push to ensure all over-50s are jabbed to tackle the current surge in cases. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) yesterday advised ‘every effort is made to promote vaccine uptake’ in people who were in the top nine priority groups who … Read more

Covid jab sites prepare for flood of patients as doses are accelerated for over 50s

Covid vaccine sites are preparing for floods of patients as health chiefs push to ensure all over-50s are jabbed to tackle the current surge in cases. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) yesterday advised ‘every effort is made to promote vaccine uptake’ in people who were in the top nine priority groups who … Read more

Priti Patel receives Moderna jab amid claims she breached ministerial code in £20million PPE scandal

A smiling Priti Patel today joined millions of Brits who have received a Covid-19 vaccine dose, as Labour claim she breached the Ministerial Code when lobbying for a £20million PPE contract last year.  The Home Secretary, 49, gave out a warm smile from beneath a mask as she was pictured at Guy’s Hospital in Southwark this … Read more

NHS vaccine site inundated with Brits desperately trying to book a jab

Britons today complained of having to queue whilst trying to use the NHS’s online system to book a coronavirus vaccine after Boris Johnson said second doses of jabs will be accelerated for the over-50s and the clinically vulnerable. The Prime Minister said on Friday evening that second doses of vaccines will be accelerated for the … Read more

NHS vaccine site inundated with Brits desperately trying to book a jab

Britons today complained of having to queue whilst trying to use the NHS’s online system to book a coronavirus vaccine after Boris Johnson said second doses of jabs will be accelerated for the over-50s and the clinically vulnerable. The Prime Minister said on Friday evening that second doses of vaccines will be accelerated for the … Read more

Jab that curbs calorie intake and cravings could help fight obesity crisis, study shows 

Dieters’ weight-loss wonder-drug: Jab that curbs calorie intake and cravings could help fight obesity crisis, study shows Experts say semaglutide could play major role in combating the obesity crisis Patients given the weekly jab lost a tenth of their body weight in just 20 weeks  Participants also ate 35% fewer calories when offered an unlimited … Read more

Jab that curbs calorie intake and cravings could help fight obesity crisis, study shows 

Dieters’ weight-loss wonder-drug: Jab that curbs calorie intake and cravings could help fight obesity crisis, study shows Experts say semaglutide could play major role in combating the obesity crisis Patients given the weekly jab lost a tenth of their body weight in just 20 weeks  Participants also ate 35% fewer calories when offered an unlimited … Read more