57 h. 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

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2 d. 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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6 d. 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 🤒

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6 d. 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 🤒

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6 d. 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.

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6 d. 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 💉

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1 week ago Minimum wage changes from this week get 'massive support' from voters

More than eight in ten (84%) Tory to Labour switchers at the 2024 General Election supported the change, as well as three in four (75%) Labour voters at the 2024 General Election who would now vote for Reform UK

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1 week ago Dining across the divide: ‘I see the welfare state as bloated, corrupt’

One is a long-term Labour voter, the other has had his head turned by Reform. Will they agree on dogs, disability benefits and the climate crisis?Philip, 73, BristolOccupation Retired marketing director Continue reading...

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1 week 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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2 w. ago The truth about Covid jabs and cancer: After Piers Morgan's controversial claims about vaccines, we asked the experts. Here are their honest verdicts

How seriously should we take claims that some of the Covid jabs cause cancer? Here we look at the evidence so you can make up your own mind...

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2 w. ago Tories could lose all councils won in 2021 if general election voting repeated, admits Kemi Badenoch

The Tory leader was defiant about the threat from Reform UK, urging voters to remember ‘you will have to live with what you vote for’

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2 w. ago Half of Reform UK voters don’t believe in the Covid vaccine, poll shows

Backers of Reform UK are significantly more likely than the general public to not have taken Covid vaccines, a poll has found

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage 'held secret talks with Dominic Cummings about how Reform UK can replace the Tories'

The two men put aside their past differences to discuss how Mr Farage's party can replace the Conservatives on the right of British politics, sources said.

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3 w. ago Reform ‘counting their chickens’ ahead of Holyrood election, says Badenoch

The Tory leader warned voters that support for Reform UK would benefit the SNP.

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4 w. ago ‘People want change’: voter anger opens door for Reform in key Labour seats

Projections suggest Merthyr Tydfil and Dudley could be won by Nigel Farage’s party – but how real is the threat?“Labour used to be the party of the working class. I haven’t got a clue what it is now,” was how Richard, a retired welder, described his feelings towards Keir Starmer’s fledgling government.That response would be sobering anywhere, but more so for the fact he was speaking as part of a focus group in Merthyr Tydfil, the parliamentary constituency of Labour’s founder and the prime minister’s namesake, Keir Hardie.Luke Tryl is the UK director of the research group More in Common Continue reading...

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4 w. ago The Nigel Farage v Rupert Lowe prize fight is getting ugly. Has Reform reached its breaking point? | Marina Hyde

It’s great for those who enjoy a punch-up on the right, but as the zealots duke it out, think of the voters who trusted themHow soon before one of Reform’s MPs starts touting himself as the reform Reform candidate? A negative amount of time, it seems, with Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe already relieved of the whip for saying that Reform is currently “a protest party led by the Messiah”. Yep: Jesus Christ Superkings.Anyway, Nigel Farage has taken all this as well as you might expect. In terms of what’s happened since, with even Nigel judging that “things have got a little bit out of control”, I’m finding it quite hard to immerse myself fully in every angle. Mainly because I’m worried it’s going to be one of those stories that demeans men – and I’m a passionate supporter of their involvement in politics, whatever people are saying about DEI nowadays. Continue reading...

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