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Pictured L-R: Richard Taylor, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Principal Investigator, Sally Gilroy, Research Nurse, Caroline Abernethy, Head and Neck Specialist Nurse, Jenny Piper, Associate Medical Director for Cancer, Joanne Ingham, Research Nurse and Helen Garlicka, Research Nurse

Trust joins coordinated national effort to trial cancer vaccine
Patients at York Hospital being treated for advanced head and neck cancer will be able to access a trial for a potential groundbreaking cancer vaccine.

NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Breaking Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

The government has released advice detailing what people should do if they feel unwell before they receive their jab (Shutterstock)

Can you get the Covid vaccine if you have a cold?

A Covid vaccine booster which is aimed at tackling multiple variants of the virus has shown promise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine booster tackling multiple variants shows promise, suggests trial d...

The prospect of Covid vaccinations for primary school children has moved closer.

Covid vaccines approved for vulnerable UK primary school children

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

(left to right) Professor Wei Shen Lim, Professor Jonathan Van Tam and Dr June Raine during a media briefing in Downing Street

All adults to be offered coronavirus booster vaccine

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

Chris Whitty is chief medical officer for England.

Chief medical officers recommend Covid jab for children aged 12 to 15

A study has suggested that Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines faster than AstraZeneca

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines faster than AstraZeneca, research suggests

Health Secretary Sajid Javid talking to staff during a visit to the Bournemouth Vaccination Centre, in Bournemouth, Dorset. (PA/Steve Parsons)

Sixteen and seventeen-year-olds to be offered first coronavirus vaccine

The Delta variant is now dominant in the UK. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Study finds Pfizer vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels against Delta v...

The Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to be effective against the Indian variant, BioNTech boss has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer jab likely to be effective against Indian variant of Covid, says BioNTech...

Government data up to April 27 shows that of the 47,540,984 jabs given in the UK so far, 33,959,908 were first doses - a rise of 116,328 on the previous day.
Some 13,581,076 were second doses, an increase of 379,265. Pic: PA

UK gets 60 million extra doses of vaccine to help with Autumn booster programme

Any side effects that were experienced by patients after receiving the Pfizer jab were mild (Getty Images)

What are the Pfizer vaccine side effects - and is it safe?

Analysis from Public Health England has revealed that both the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective in reducing Covid-19 infections amongst patients aged 70 and up (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Covid vaccines lower the risk of over-80s getting seriously ill by 80% - the lat...

The React-2 study showed that almost 90 per cent of people over the age of 80 tested positive for antibodies after two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid antibodies found in almost 90% of over-80s after two doses of Pfizer vacci...

The York-based firm's AbC-19TM rapid antibody test was effective in demonstrating the immune response of patients to the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

York-based Abingdon Health welcomes new data on its antibody tests

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears to be highly effective at reducing the spread of the virus, according to a new study (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is ‘highly effective’ at reducing spread of Covid-19 - according ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccne is 85 per cent effective in preventing people from developing Covid-19 symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is far more effective after one dose than first thought - new fin...

The head of the UK vaccine taskforce has said that all adults in the UK could receive both Covid-19 vaccine doses by August (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

All UK adults could be fully vaccinated against Covid by August - according to h... Rhona Shennan

Symptomatic cases of Covid-19 are dropping by 94 per cent after two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study (Photo: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Symptomatic Covid cases drop by 94% after Pfizer vaccine - the latest study expl...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could be reducing the viral load - what does that mean? (Photo: TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could reduce Covid-19 viral load - what it means

The vaccine was still effective after 21 days without a second dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Single dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘highly protective’ after three weeks - how ...

The new study will be conducted on over 800 participants (Photo: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A trial to confirm if Covid vaccine types can be mixed is underway - what we kno...

Early signs from data show promising results (Photo: Getty Images)

UK strategy to delay second Covid jab was ‘right decision’ - what early signs su...

Pfizer and BioNTech have both confirmed that their vaccine is effective against both the UK and South African variants of Covid (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is effective against UK and South African variants - new st...

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has warned that those who have been given a jab could still spread infection (Getty Images)

Can vaccinated people still spread Covid?

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over Covid-19 va...

Large-scale trials of the treatment have started in the UK (Getty Images)

What is the new Covid treatment, how does it work and how effective is it?

Asda to offer first in-store supermarket Covid vaccinations - here’s how it will...

Roger Burnley, Asda CEO and president, said: “We are incredibly proud to provide this service".

Asda becomes first supermarket to provide in-store Covid vaccinations
Asda has announced it will become the first supermarket to provide in-store Covid vaccinations starting on January 25.
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Over 80s and healthcare workers are being inoculated at the moment (Getty Images)

This is how you can book a Covid vaccine appointment online

Read the UK's new Covid Vaccines Delivery Plan in full - with tens of millions t...

The UK's Covid vaccination rollout timeline at a glance

This is how the Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines differ

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

Moderna Covid vaccine granted approval for use in the UK - what you need to know

Pfizer says vaccine protects against new Covid-19 mutant strains spreading acros...

The different Covid vaccines explained - and why you can't choose which one you ...

The Government has announced plans to delay giving people the second dose of the Covid vaccine in order to give as many people as possible the first dose. Pictured: Ralph Evans, 88, receiving the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Pontcae Medical Practice in Merthyr Tydfil. PA.

Residents seek clarity after delays to second dose of Covid vaccine

Covid vaccine manufacturers say second doses should not be delayed - the science...

Batches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab's rollout. PIC: PA

Hospitals start receiving doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

Pictured: Dr James Coppack is seen giving Rosemary Marsh (a resident from Alba Rose Care Home, in Pickering) her injection, watched by Shannon Reed from the care home and Cheryl Secker from Pickering Medical Practice. Photo credit: Saint Cecilia’s Care Group.

North Yorkshire care homes are in the dark over vaccine says care group chairman

A volunteer being administered the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca/Oxford University (Image: John Cairns/University of Oxford)

Oxford Covid vaccine: Who will get it, when and how?

Oxford University's AstraZeneca vaccine could be approved ‘just after’ Christmas

Moderna’s Covid vaccine has been approved in the US - but when will the UK get i...

Hospitals in Bradford will begin delivering the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from next week.

Bradford Hospitals to begin administering Pfizer Covid vaccine from next week

These are the groups of people who can’t have the Pfizer Covid vaccine

The UK will have ‘3 or 4’ Covid-19 vaccines by summer 2021 - according to Chris ...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Sylvia Harris, 80-yr-old ward housekeeper, was the first Leeds Teaching Hospital worker to be vaccinated. Photo: Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Leeds NHS healthcare worker receives one of first Covid vaccines

The first Covid vaccines have been administered - when will I get one?

An NHS pharmacy technician at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulates the preparation of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout.

The logistics behind the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Yorkshire

Specialist Covid-19 vaccine freezers in a secure location, awaiting distribution of the vaccines to the NHS

Covid-19 vaccine will be rolled out from Tuesday, says NHS boss

What women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning for pregnancy need to kno...

Strongest Covid immunity occurs 7 days after your second dose - how the vaccinat...

High streets across Yorkshire and the country are preparing for Small Business Saturday.

Vaccine relief might save Barnsley’s small shops – Jayne Dowle

Boris Johnson and the Government are preparing to distribute a Covid vaccine.

NHS Reserves can pass vaccine test; here’s how – Alan Mak

Boris Johnson is preparing to roll out a Covid vaccine after it was authorised by medical regulators.

Vaccine caution as national rollout begins – The Yorkshire Post says

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