Ministers hope targeted vaccine drive can beat Indian Covid variant

Ministers are cautiously optimistic that targeted vaccinations can arrest a surge of the Indian variant and stop it from derailing Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown.   Door-to-door Covid ‘hit squads’ are heading to Bolton and Blackburn, where the strain is at its most virulent, to focus on areas with the greatest ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Entire multi-generational … 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

Coronavirus: How will the UK bring forward second vaccine doses to eight weeks?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced that the NHS’s Covid vaccine rollout will be rejigged to try and protect people from the Indian variant which he fears will trigger a third wave before lockdown ends in June. All over-50s will now get their second jab within eight weeks of the first, rather than 12, and … Read more

Coronavirus: How will the UK bring forward second vaccine doses to eight weeks?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today announced that the NHS’s Covid vaccine rollout will be rejigged to try and protect people from the Indian variant which he fears will trigger a third wave before lockdown ends in June. All over-50s will now get their second jab within eight weeks of the first, rather than 12, and … Read more

Dr Fauci says he’s ‘not so sure’ US schools should require children to get COVID-19 vaccine

Dr Anthony Fauci say he is not sure if US schools should require children to get the COVID=19 vaccine before they return for in-person learning. The nation’s top infectious disease expert said parents should be encouraged to get their children immunized, especially on the heels of news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s … Read more

Coronavirus: Scientist claims preservative in AstraZeneca vaccine could explain blood clot link

A preservative in AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine may trigger a rare overreaction from the immune system that causes blood clots, a scientist has claimed. Tiny numbers of people given the jab or the one made by Johnson & Johnson have developed a clotting condition that spooked some countries into turning their backs on it. The reasons for this … Read more

Delaying second Covid vaccine cuts death toll by up to a FIFTH, study finds

The decision to delay second Covid vaccine doses in the UK saved thousands of lives, more research has found. A study published in the British Medical Journal modelled how fatality rates are impacted when second jab appointments are pushed beyond the recommended regimen.  Scientists estimated deaths would be slashed by up to a fifth if … Read more

David Koch gets a worrying blood pressure result on live TV before receiving the coronavirus vaccine

Sunrise host David Koch, 65, gets a worrying blood pressure result on live TV… before receiving the coronavirus vaccine with co-host Natalie Barr By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:24 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 01:24 BST, 13 May 2021 Veteran journalist and host David ‘Kochie’ Koch, 65, received the coronavirus vaccine … Read more

CDC advisory committee recommends Pfizer’s Covid vaccine be used in teens ages 12 to 15

BREAKING NEWS: CDC advisory committee recommends Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds CDC’s advisory committee recommended on Wednesday that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine be administered to children ages 12 to 15 With the recommendation, most states will likely begin giving out the shot to younger teenagers on Thursday It comes two days after the FDA … Read more