Charity says Covid policy is having ‘devastating consequences’ for sector already in crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome of England’s only holiday homes for disabled people in care are facing closure due to the policy…
Trials begin on Covid booster jab hoped to protect against new variants
Self-amplifying mRNA jab aims to trigger immune response towards virus’s spike and non-spike proteinsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first trials have begun of a Covid booster jab that it is hoped will offer good protect…
Dangerous transmissions: anti-vax radio shows reach millions in US while stars die of Covid
Media watchdogs suggest that some basic level of responsibility to the public should be required to keep a broadcast licensePhil Valentine, a prominent Tennessee rightwing talk radio host, had released a song called Vaxman, an anti-Covid vaccination di…
Gordon Brown calls for urgent action to avert ‘Covid vaccine waste disaster’
More than 100m doses could be discarded by December if global leaders do not share jabs with poorest countries, warns former PMMore than 100m Covid vaccine doses are due to expire and be “thrown away” unless global leaders urgently share surplus suppli…
The Guardian view on vaccines for all: share them now | Editorial
While the UK and others give booster shots, poorer nations are struggling to protect even the most vulnerableFor the west and other rich nations, the problem is demand: how to give more vaccines, including by persuading the hesitant. Britain and other …
Scottish Covid vaccine trialists ‘treated like second-class citizens’
Novavax volunteers fear start of vaccine passports next month could put them at further disadvantageScottish vaccine volunteers are being treated like “second-class citizens” while waiting for the Novavax jab to be approved, an MSP has said, as they co…
Take care with claims about unvaccinated case rates | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
Different estimates of the population can produce wildly different ratesITV’s political editor, Robert Peston, wrote a Twitter thread with the headline: “Infections higher among double vaxxed for those [aged] 40 to 79 than for non-vaxxed.” ITV changed …
To mask or not to mask? Opinion split on London underground
Commuters explain their reasons for not covering upCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe “do as I say, not as I do” approach to political messaging was again displayed last week when Boris Johnson urged people to wear masks in…
Slow but steady has seen the EU win out in the vaccine race
Ursula von der Leyen says the union’s vaccination programme is now a success after its stumbling startWe did it,” said Ursula von der Leyen in her annual state of the union address last week. With more than 70% of its adult population now fully vaccina…
Coronavirus live news: UK records a further 164 deaths and 30,144 new cases; anti-vaxxers protest in London
Figure brings the total UK death toll to 135,147; Russia reports 20,329 new cases in 24 hours; anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in MelbourneProve your Covid status if you want to party, UK students toldPeople with chronic conditions most at r…