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Next pandemic could be more lethal - jab creator
More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says.
Omicron drives major surge in S Africa Covid cases
The new Omicron variant has now become dominant, the country's top medical scientists say.
Snotty-nosed hippos test positive for Covid
Officials at Antwerp zoo do not know how the pair - now in quarantine - caught the virus.
Scientists find trigger for rare AstraZeneca clots
Researchers in Cardiff and the US work out how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots.
Pfizer boss: Annual Covid jabs for years to come
In an exclusive interview, Dr Albert Bourla says jabs have saved millions of lives.
UK approves another antibody treatment for Covid
It's called sotrovimab and should cut the risk of severe illness, even for new variants such as Omicron, say scientists.
WHO says unvaccinated vulnerable should avoid travel
It urges those who are unwell and the over-60s to delay international travel to areas with community transmission.
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Next pandemic could be more lethal - jab creator
More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says.
Omicron drives major surge in S Africa Covid cases
The new Omicron variant has now become dominant, the country's top medical scientists say.
Snotty-nosed hippos test positive for Covid
Officials at Antwerp zoo do not know how the pair - now in quarantine - caught the virus.
Scientists find trigger for rare AstraZeneca clots
Researchers in Cardiff and the US work out how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots.
Pfizer boss: Annual Covid jabs for years to come
In an exclusive interview, Dr Albert Bourla says jabs have saved millions of lives.
UK approves another antibody treatment for Covid
It's called sotrovimab and should cut the risk of severe illness, even for new variants such as Omicron, say scientists.
WHO says unvaccinated vulnerable should avoid travel
It urges those who are unwell and the over-60s to delay international travel to areas with community transmission.
Omicron drives major surge in S Africa Covid cases
The new Omicron variant has now become dominant, the country's top medical scientists say.
Snotty-nosed hippos test positive for Covid
Officials at Antwerp zoo do not know how the pair - now in quarantine - caught the virus.
Scientists find trigger for rare AstraZeneca clots
Researchers in Cardiff and the US work out how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots.
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