The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in vulnerable primary school children. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) updated its advice after the UK’s Medicines and
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Unvaccinated people make up to 90% Covid hospital admissions, an ICU doctor said, as health experts urged the Government to improve transparency on pandemic data. Professor Rupert Pearse said the
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People infected with coronavirus can now take two lateral flow tests to reduce the self-isolation period from 10 to seven days. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said those infected
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A helpline for viewers affected by issues in BBC programmes has seen record demand in 2021, driven by sexual abuse and mental health concerns. BBC Action Line received more than
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Transmission of the Omicron variant is “eye-wateringly high”, though there is still uncertainty about its impact on the NHS and wider services, a leading expert has said. Sir Jeremy Farrar,
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A man who killed a three-year-old girl while she was in his care after becoming angry that she had not finished her lunch has been jailed for 11 years. Paul
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A nursing student who was working three full-time jobs and had “fallen asleep” at the wheel when she killed a 13-year-old girl has been jailed. Gardene De Carvalho, 43, of
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A man who beat a 93-year-old widow to death at a care home has been locked up in hospital indefinitely. Alexander Rawson, 63, used a crutch to attack “kind and
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Figures suggesting that one in three NHS staff in London could be off work by New Year’s Eve have been branded “catastrophic” by a nursing leader. The possible staff absence
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People have been urged to reduce contact with others in the run-up to Christmas in a bid to limit the spread of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. Stephen Reicher,
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