14 h. ago Thousands of households to get £250 compensation payout this weekend

South West Water said around 13,000 households will receive £250 in compensation after enduring major problems with their water supplies in recent days.

Economics

46 h. ago Global study on Covid vaccine safety falls victim to Trump cuts

Groundbreaking project has produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safetyThe largest ever global study into the safety of Covid-19 vaccines has been terminated just 13 months shy of completion, after becoming caught up in the Trump administration’s sweeping funding cuts.The Global Vaccine Data Network, which was established in 2019 by the New Zealand-based vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris and the US-based vaccinologist Steven Black, has already produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safety, based on data from more than 300 million people. Continue reading...

Politics

49 h. ago RFK considering pulling recommendation for kids to get the Covid vaccine

Kennedy is an anti-vaccine activist who has previously spread misinformation about the Covid-19 shot

Politics

4 d. ago Covid symptoms to look out for after Easter, what is the new variant LP.8.1 and how to book a Covid vaccine

Here’s what you need to know about Covid this Easter 🐣

Science

5 d. ago I contracted a rare disease that's been linked to the Covid vaccine and lost my ability to speak

Vanessa Abraham, a 45-year-old mother, had spent over 15 years helping children overcome speech obstacles and teaching them how to talk when one day, she lost her own voice

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6 d. ago I had the Moderna vaccine and have been bedbound with mystery fatigue ever since

Terry Omara, from Sutton, had overcome a horrific battle with Long Covid in 2020 - fighting off pneumonia and sepsis - and one year later considered himself back in good health.

Politics

7 d. ago Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory.The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the World Health Organization (WHO) and state leadership in New York. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago DWP explains £184 payment you can get if you have these six things

People have been encouraged to check whether they may be eligible for the payments wort hundreds a month

Economics

1 week ago RFK Jr giving families ‘false hope’ on autism, says outgoing US vaccine official

Dr Peter Marks, forced to resign by Trump administration, sees no ‘possible way’ to determine cause by SeptemberThe US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, should not offer “false hope” to families by boasting he can figure out what causes autism as soon as September, says the physician who resigned as the nation’s top vaccine official amid what he called anti-vaccination misinformation from the Trump administration cabinet member.In an interview during which he alluded to his help helming Operation Warp Speed – the initiative that took only about nine months to develop, manufacture and distribute the vaccines protecting the public from Covid-19 – Dr Peter Marks warned that autism “is an incredibly complicated issue”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago IRS $1,400 stimulus check deadline is soon — here’s who is eligible and how to claim

IRS warns that taxpayers who fail to file their returns by April 15 could forfeit the pandemic-era relief payment

Events

2 w. ago Army reenlists nearly two dozen soldiers ousted for refusing COVID

Officials say the Army has reenlisted more than 23 soldiers who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine

Events

2 w. ago Do you really need a Covid booster jab? Everything you need to know

Should you be thinking about getting a Covid booster shot? Paul Griffin reports

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3 w. ago What is new the Covid variant LP.8.1? Signs and symptoms and how to book your Covid vaccine as cases rise

The newest Covid variant LP.8.1 now accounts for more than 10% of cases 🤒

Science

3 w. ago What is the new Covid variant LP.8.1? Signs and symptoms and how to book your Covid vaccine as cases rise

The newest Covid variant LP.8.1 now accounts for more than 10% of cases 🤒

Science

3 w. ago NHS Lanarkshire Vaccination Team urging people offered Spring COVID vaccine to stay protected

Last summer in Scotland, there were more than 10,000 reported cases of COVID and over 4000 people hospitalised.

Sport

3 w. ago Covid vaccine: Check if you are eligible for the Covid booster as warning over fall in elderly uptake

Here’s how you can book an appointment and check if you’re eligible 💉

Events

4 w. ago Trump administration at ‘war’ with mRNA technology: scientists alarmed vaccine skeptics could kill research

Public health experts are sounding the alarm over recent move by the NIH to collect information about funding for research into mRNA technologyA cutting-edge technology expected to foster new medical breakthroughs in treatments for cancers and infectious disease is being treated “like a four-letter word” inside the Trump administration, causing panic among scientists who fear Trump-appointed health officials, driven by misinformation and conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccine, will cut critical research in the field.Scientists and public health experts interviewed by the Guardian are sounding the alarm over a recent move by the National Institutes of Health to collect information about funding for research into mRNA technology. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Martin Lewis urges grandparents to claim free £303 DWP pay out

Grandparents who have been helping out with childcare could be entitled to a DWP top up of £303 a year - and Martin Lewis is urging people to check if they are eligible

Economics