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Covid pandemic ‘negatively affected vaccine confidence’

The Covid pandemic appears to have negatively affected vaccine confidence in the UK, a study has found.

14 November 2022

Pfizer launches combined flu and Covid jab trial

Pfizer/BioNTech has started phase 1 trials of a combined jab that it hopes will protect patients against both flu and Covid.

10 November 2022

New flu and Covid jab marketing campaign launched as uptake falters in some groups

The Government has launched a new marketing campaign urging eligible people to come forward for their flu and Covid vaccines, amid a drop in uptake among some groups.

24 October 2022

No reduction in hospitalisation or death from Covid treatment molnupiravir

An antiviral drug that the UK Government purchased millions of doses of has been shown not to reduce the risk of severe outcomes in at-risk patients in a major UK trial.

20 October 2022

Positive GP experiences increase to 90% in friends and family test 

Nine in ten GP patient responses to the restarted ‘friends and family test’ (FFT) were positive in August, an increase of three percentage points on the prior month.

18 October 2022

Long Covid patients show signs of autoimmune disease, find researchers

Patients with long Covid who are suffering from fatigue and shortness of breath a year after the original infection show signs of autoimmune disease, say researchers.

14 October 2022

GPs need access to FFP3 masks as Covid cases rise, BMA says

GPs need to have access to FFP3 masks as Covid-19 cases rise once more, the BMA has warned.

05 October 2022

Long Covid: Explaining the unexplainable?

Long Covid is affecting 2 million patients in the UK, and GPs are struggling to treat them.

30 September 2022

Autumn Covid wave arrives with one-in-32 infected

The UK is now seeing an autumn wave of Covid cases, data from UKHSA and the ZOE symptom study app suggests.

29 September 2022

Over two million autumn Covid boosters administered in first fortnight

More than two million autumn boosters have been administered in the first fortnight of the autumn Covid vaccine booster campaign, NHS England has said.

26 September 2022