Last week’s update to England’s flu programme came too late and did not address GP concerns about vaccine supply, the BMA has said.

26 July 2022

GP practices should start vaccinating healthy 50-64-year-olds against flu from 15 October, an update to the annual flu letter has revealed.

21 July 2022

Heart inflammation after vaccination with Covid-19 mRNA vaccines remains rare but teenage boys and young men are most at risk shortly after a second dose, a large study has confirmed.

18 July 2022

NHS England should launch a new campaign to boost Covid vaccine uptake among nearly three million unvaccinated patients, with a target to reduce this to 2.

13 July 2022

GP practices signing up to this autumn’s Covid booster campaign will not be permitted to pause in the first four months of the campaign, NHS England has said.

07 July 2022

Health secretary Sajid Javid has handed in his resignation, saying he cannot ‘in good conscience’ continue working for this Government.

05 July 2022

A two-week break from taking methotrexate after a Covid-19 booster vaccine can help improve its effectiveness, a UK trial has suggested.

01 July 2022

Around 20 million deaths globally were prevented in the first year after Covid-19 vaccines were introduced reducing the global death toll by more than half, UK researchers have concluded.

23 June 2022

An updated version of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine generates a strong immune response against the Omicron BA.

23 June 2022

The level of protection offered by Covid vaccination is lower for cancer patients than those in the general population, according to the UK Coronavirus Cancer Evaluation Project.

13 June 2022