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Boots and Superdrug may start selling Covid-19 vaccines soon
The high street retailers are in discussions with suppliers to offer a private Covid vaccination service in 2024, in collaboration with the government.
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Vaccination reduces risk of COVID-19 death but protection wanes after 6 months: UKHSA study
Case fatality risk of COVID-19 was 10 times higher in unvaccinated adults compared to those who received the vaccine within six months prior to...
Community pharmacies to provide free COVID-19 tests to eligible patients
The new Advanced service to supply Lateral Flow Device (LFD) kits through pharmacists is set to launch next month
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UKHSA and ONS launch Winter COVID-19 Infection Study
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will jointly launch a new study to gather data on COVID-19...
Hungarian and US scientists win medicine Nobel for COVID-19 vaccine work
Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman from Hungary and the United States respectively won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries...
Autumn Covid jabs to kick off next week amid Pirola variant concerns
The National Health Service will begin its autumn Covid vaccine program next week, a month earlier than planned in response to the spread of...