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Two scientists credited with making major breakthroughs in the development of mRNA vaccine to fight Covid-19 have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

Millions are eligible for the spring Covid-19 booster from today

Everything you need to know about Covid booster jabs

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

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

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?

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has made the announcement

Almost six million UK children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

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...

Paxlovid has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (Photo: Shutterstock)

New oral Covid antiviral treatment given approval for use in UK

Croda has been helped by an increase in demand for chemicals

Yorkshire chemicals firm is one of the stars of the FTSE 100 in 2021

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

Covid vaccines approved for vulnerable UK primary school children

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect...

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa...

Booster vaccines should protect people against Omicron, new study suggests

Covid social distancing sign. (Pic credit: Tony Johnson)

What are the latest Covid figures? Can you get the virus twice? UKHSA explains

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

Pharmaceutical firms are working to tweak vaccines against new Omicron variant

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

Have you had your Covid-19 vaccine yet?

The number of people who are yet to have their Covid jab in every Yorkshire area
It’s been 10 months since the first groundbreaking Pfizer jab got clinical approval - but analysis shows millions of people are still unvaccinated across the UK

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has given an update regarding the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the UK at a Downing Street press conference (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images and Shutterstock)

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces government’s Covid Plan B ‘will not be im...

Children aged 12 to 15 in the UK are now eligible to receive a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Giving kids second jab could prevent thousands of long Covid cases

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

Chris Whitty is chief medical officer for England.

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

Should Covid jabs now be extended to 12 to 15-year-olds as the new school year begins? Columnist Jayne Dowle poses the question.

Follow the science and vaccine 12 to 15-year-olds – Jayne Dowle

The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

The centre will specialise in the technology used to create the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines.

Northern centre of excellence to help protect world against future pandemics

Researchers reveal ‘mild or moderate’ side effects at-risk 12 to 15 year olds ha...

The risk of thrombocytopenia is almost nine times higher in someone infected with coronavirus compared to one vaccine dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Risk of blood clots 9 times higher from Covid infection than the vaccine

Covid protection could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly and healthcare workers by winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Protection from Covid vaccines starts to wane within 6 months

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

More people are being treated for eating disorders. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines more quickly than AstraZeneca, finds study

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

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines faster than AstraZeneca, research suggests

The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine has been given approval for use in children aged 12 to 17 (Photo: Getty Images)

Moderna Covid vaccine given green light for 12 to 17 year-olds in UK

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

Mixing vaccines can generate high levels of antibodies which can protect against Covid (Photo: Getty Images)

Mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines creates stronger immune response against ...

Here's where you can get jabbed in Bradford and Craven this weekend

Bradford walk-in vaccination centres: Every pop-up clinic open this weekend

The Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna vaccines all differ (Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about mixing and matching Covid vaccines

Tennants, which is one of Yorkshire's most well-known auction houses, has been serving as a vaccination centre for several months to enable some of the region's most rural residents to be given a dose without having to travel into a city.

Walk in vaccination clinic to open in Yorkshire Dales

A woman receives a vaccine at the Chelsea F.C. pop up vaccine hub (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Period changes after Covid vaccine could be 'coincidence' despite 4,000 reports

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...

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Vaccines 'offer high levels of protection against Indian variant'

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...

Mixing vaccines can results in an increase of symptoms including chills and a fever (Getty Images)

Mixing Covid-19 vaccines may lead to increased symptoms, study suggests

People under the age of 40 are set to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine (Shutterstock)

Under-40s ‘to be offered AstraZeneca alternative’ over rare blood clot risk

School pupils could receive a vaccine in September (Getty Images)

Secondary school pupils will receive vaccinations this September

Nadhim Zahawi told Sky News he couldn’t see any evidence against going through with the next stages of easing lockdown. (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Vaccine minister says fully-vaccinated must remain "careful" when meeting with e...

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

Studies have already shown that both vaccines are highly effective at stopping people getting sick and ending up in hospital (Photo: Victoria Jones - Pool / Getty Images)

New Public Health England study suggests single dose of Covid vaccine ‘cuts tra...

Almost 7.5 million people are now are fully vaccinated in the UK (Photo: Getty Images)

Over 40s invited for Covid jab - as phase two of vaccine programme begins

Singer Michelle Heaton has urged people to continue to be careful even after getting a vaccine, after she recently contracted the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

Can you get Covid after having the vaccine?

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag...

The UK government’s Covid vaccine taskforce has acquired 367 million doses from seven different suppliers overall, which includes stocks of the approved Moderna jab. (Pic: Shutterstock)

When will Moderna's Covid vaccine be available in the UK?

Novavax is seeking approval for its coronavirus vaccine in the UK. The MHRA has already approved AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna jabs. (Pic: Shutterstock)

When will the Novavax Covid vaccine be approved in the UK?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also scheduled to receive his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine (Photo: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

MHRA says seek medical attention if headache lasts 4 days after AstraZeneca Covi...

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe and effective’ (Photo: Shutterstock)

EU countries to restart AstraZeneca vaccine rollout as regulator rules it ‘safe ...

Experts say it takes time for the body to build up sufficient immunity to fight Covid after having a vaccine dose. (Pic: Shutterstock)

How long does it take to build immunity after getting the Covid vaccine?