Being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 cuts the risk of long Covid in half in the small proportion of people who get a breakthrough infection, a detailed analysis of UK data shows.

02 September 2021

Despite success so far in vaccinating millions of people, there is still a long way to go.

27 August 2021

Covid infection carries a substantially higher and longer risk of blood clots and other related adverse events than either Oxford/Astra Zeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination, a large UK study has concluded.

27 August 2021

The Government is launching a £1.

26 August 2021

Results published in The Lancet have confirmed the benefit of inhaled budesonide in Covid recovery in higher risk patients in the community.

24 August 2021

The Astra Zeneca Covid vaccine is ‘as effective’ as the Pfizer jab after 4-5 months, a UK study has found.

19 August 2021

Exclusive GPs have warned that an ongoing shortage of blood test tubes could lead to further abuse from patients as well as potential financial losses and negative CQC ratings.

18 August 2021

Fully vaccinated GPs who are identified as a close contact of a Covid case will be ‘expected to return to work’ thanks to their self-isolation exemption.

16 August 2021

The health secretary has set out a new target for all 16-17-year-olds to be offered their first Covid vaccine dose by Monday next week, in a bid to allow them to build immunity before they go back to school two weeks later.

16 August 2021

13 August 2021