Covid: Vaccine volunteers sought for children’s second dose study
Dr Katrina Cathie, from University Hospital Southampton, said initial results of the trial were expected at about Christmas and would...
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‘The green gym has pulled me out of a rut’
Planting trees and vegetables are being offered as an alternative for some to lifting weights and running on treadmills. There...
Covid calculator spots people vulnerable despite jabs
Prof Julia Hippisley-Cox, from the University of Oxford, said: "Individual risk will always depend on individual choices as well as...
Sickle cell: ‘Did our son have to die to change things?’
Sickle cell disease is the fastest-growing genetic condition in the UK but some feel the illness, which mostly affects black...
Manchester music cafe brings joy to people with dementia
A music cafe is helping people with dementia sing, play instruments and even dance after coronavirus lockdowns. Manchester Camerata is...
Cawston Park: Hospital owner defends its residential homes
A Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board report said Mr King's death, and those of fellow Cawston Park patients, Joanna Bailey, 36,...
The Wanted’s Tom Parker opens up about his cancer diagnosis
Tom Parker from boy band The Wanted says he refuses to let cancer dominate his life, almost a year on...
First Covid booster jabs given to NHS staff
Around 4.5 million people in priority groups will be eligible for a booster over the coming weeks, NHS England says,...
Alex Echo: Artist reveals ‘shock’ over Parkinson’s diagnosis
"For 500,000 years it was mud on cave walls, and then someone came up with oil, we changed to gouache,...
Ros Atkins on… why people are using a horse drug
In the US, a drug called Ivermectin is being touted as a way of treating or preventing for Covid-19, with...
Sajid Javid: ‘We need to avoid unsustainable pressure on the NHS’
There will be "no single trigger" for reimposing some coronavirus restrictions during winter, the health secretary says.Sajid Javid told BBC...
Call for South Asian bone marrow donors to save four-year-old
A four-year-old girl from London with leukaemia has been given only weeks to live unless she can find a stem...
Boris Johnson warns Covid risk remains as he unveils England’s winter plan
Under that plan, the government expects proof of vaccination would be mandatory for nightclubs, crowded indoor venues with more than...
Covid booster vaccine rollout to begin across UK next week
In his statement, Mr Javid told MPs: "There is evidence that the protection offered by Covid-19 vaccines reduces over time,...
Covid vaccine: No suggestion booster would be needed twice a year – chief medics
There is no suggestion the booster jab programme will have to reoccur every six months, the chair of the vaccines...
Covid: Which countries are vaccinating children and why?
In Sweden children aged 12 to 15 are only eligible for a vaccine if they have lung disease, severe asthma...
Medical officers recommend Covid vaccines for older children
The benefit of vaccinating younger people was an “important and potentially useful additional tool” England’s chief medical officer has announced.Chris...
Covid: More than 300,000 suspected of breaking quarantine rules
Yvette Cooper, Labour MP and chair of the Home Affairs Committee, said: "We've been concerned throughout that there just weren't...
