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NHS launches Spring Covid-19 booster vaccination bookings
Over 11.8 million individuals, including frontline healthcare workers and those aged 65 and above, have received the autumn Covid-19 vaccination
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is gearing...
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UKHSA says mistakes at COVID testing lab may have led to deaths of 20 people last year
The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said mistakes at a testing laboratory led to misreporting of tens of...
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‘Disappointing’ COVID-19 booster uptake worries Europe’s head of vaccines strategy
Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Europe has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday...
Four in 10 virus-infected pharmacists believe they caught it at work: PDA
Four in 10 community pharmacists who caught Covid-19 believe that they contracted the virus it at their workplace, a latest survey has revealed.
A survey...
Early human trial of Oxford uni vaccine shows promise; PM Johnson says ‘we’re not there yet’
AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday (July 20).
The...
Coronavirus will change attitudes to pharmacy use and self care, PAGB survey suggests
Almost one in three people who would not have chosen a pharmacy as their first port of call for advice about a self-treatable condition...
UKÂ secures 90 million possible Covid-19 vaccine doses Â
Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible Covid-19 vaccines from an alliance of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, and French group...
UK pauses daily Covid-19 death toll update
Britain said on Saturday (July 18) it was pausing its daily update of the death toll from the coronavirus after the government ordered a review...
Former health minister Jackie Doyle-Price elected as chair of All-Party Pharmacy Group
Former minister of state for health Jackie Doyle-Price MP has been elected chair of the All-Party Pharmacy Group.
A former civil servant and Conservative Party...
UK boosts funding to ward off winter Covid-19 wave
Prime minister Boris Johnson is to pour £3 billion into England's National Health Service (NHS) to try to ward off any resurgence of the...
Three in five pharmacy staff worried about Covid-19 threat: PDA
Nearly 60 per cent of the community pharmacy staff feel anxious about the threat of Covid-19 at their workplace, a latest survey by the...
Pharmacists in midst of ‘greatest public health crisis in history’: Scottish health chief
Professor Jason Leitch, Scotland’s National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality & Improvement, has praised pharmacists for reaching out to vulnerable people during the coronavirus...
Early-stage trial data on AstraZeneca vaccine expected next week: Lancet
Early-stage human trial data on a vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will be published on July 20, The Lancet medical journal said on...