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Anyone who picked up a newspaper yesterday — particularly anyone who has a serious weight problem and is trapped in a cycle of self-loathing and endless failed diets — will have rejoiced at a particular story. A ‘miracle’ drug had been found, we were told — one that’s extremely effective at helping obese people lose … Read more
AstraZeneca is on track to roll out a new booster vaccine that will tackle coronavirus variants by autumn, the firm said today. Its current Covid vaccine, developed by Oxford University and being rolled out en masse in Britain, targets earlier versions of the virus. Growing evidence suggests that while the jab in its current state stops … Read more
Motorists roll up to have Covid jabs through their car windows yesterday – as Boris Johnson appealed to the remaining two million most vulnerable Britons to get vaccinated. Drive-through centres have been set up to help the UK meet its target of inoculating 15 million people by Monday. But while 13 million in the most … Read more
The Pfizer and Oxford jabs provide two-thirds protection against Covid after just one injection, new data is set to reveal. The Pfizer vaccine starts to immunise in as little as two weeks and is just as effective in the elderly as it is in the young, official findings will reveal in the coming days according … Read more
Camilla is ‘very happy’ after Covid-19 jab: Duchess of Cornwall, 73, receives her first coronavirus vaccine… but it’s not known if Prince Charles has also been inoculated The Duchess of Cornwall, 73, has been given her first coronavirus vaccination It is not yet known whether Prince Charles, 72, has had his inoculation too Likely, though … Read more
Results suggesting the Oxford University Covid vaccine doesn’t stop people falling mildly unwell with the South African variant are not a ‘reason for alarm’, the lead scientist behind trials of the jab said today. Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, hinted that evidence from Oxford’s own human trials in South Africa strongly indicated … Read more
French health minister Olivier Veran has received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine today as he praised the jab for providing sufficient protection against ‘nearly all the variants’ of the coronavirus. Veran was seen on French television with his shirt off while being inoculated at a vaccination centre in the city of Melun near Paris. It comes after South … Read more
Katie Price’s son Harvey dedicated a thank-you message to his army of well-wishers on Monday, after he was hospitalised following a reaction to his COVID-19 jab. Harvey, 18 – who is on the autism spectrum and was born with disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome – is recovering at home with his family from … Read more
Downing Street is abuzz with talk of a peerage for Kate Bingham — the biochemist turned venture capitalist who has masterminded Britain’s world-beating Covid-19 vaccination scheme. When she took the unpaid post last spring, Boris gave her a simple instruction: ‘Stop people from dying.’ Bingham seems well on the way to achieving that: the latest … Read more
South Africa will suspend the start of its Covid-19 vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab after a study showed the drug failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant that has appeared in the country. Africa’s hardest-hit nation was due to start its campaign in the coming days with a million doses of … Read more