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Positive trial results for Valneva Covid vaccine
Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.
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Positive trial results for Valneva Covid vaccine
Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.

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Flying Doctors take vaccines to Australia's outback
The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.

New Delta Covid mutant under close watch in UK
Scientists are studying it to better understand how much of a threat it may pose.

US football coach fired for refusing vaccine
College football coach Nick Rolovich loses his $3.1m-a-year job for shirking a state vaccine mandate.

Last chance to find Covid origins, WHO says
The World Health Organization unveils a new group to examine the emergence of the virus more closely.

Sydney celebrates end of 107-day lockdown
Australia's biggest city passed a key vaccination target, allowing people to enjoy new freedoms.

Scientists targeted with abuse during pandemic
Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.
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Positive trial results for Valneva Covid vaccine
Blood results show it gets the body to mount an immune response to fight coronavirus.

Video 2 minutes 57 seconds
Flying Doctors take vaccines to Australia's outback
The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.

New Delta Covid mutant under close watch in UK
Scientists are studying it to better understand how much of a threat it may pose.

US football coach fired for refusing vaccine
College football coach Nick Rolovich loses his $3.1m-a-year job for shirking a state vaccine mandate.

Last chance to find Covid origins, WHO says
The World Health Organization unveils a new group to examine the emergence of the virus more closely.

Sydney celebrates end of 107-day lockdown
Australia's biggest city passed a key vaccination target, allowing people to enjoy new freedoms.

Scientists targeted with abuse during pandemic
Doctors who came into the public eye during Covid received death threats and harassment.

Video 2 minutes 57 seconds
Flying Doctors take vaccines to Australia's outback
The famed service is helping solve the immense challenge of vaccinating remote Australia.

New Delta Covid mutant under close watch in UK
Scientists are studying it to better understand how much of a threat it may pose.

US football coach fired for refusing vaccine
College football coach Nick Rolovich loses his $3.1m-a-year job for shirking a state vaccine mandate.
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Health and science correspondent
'Handful' of false negative PCR tests were from East Yorkshire
“Only a handful” of coronavirus PCR test results from East Yorkshire were among the thousands of negative results falsely returned from a private lab in Wolverhampton, health bosses have said.
Copyright: Getty ImagesEast Riding Council’s Public Health Director Andy Kingdom said less than 100 false negative results were given to people in Yorkshire and the Humber from the Immensa Health Clinic lab, which may have incorrectly told 43,000 people their test was negative.
He added it meant very few East Riding PCR tests would need to be redone, with most of those affected thought to be from the South West.
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South Africa wary of Sputnik vaccine over HIV fears

Dorcas Wangira
Africa Health Correspondent
Copyright: ReutersImage caption: WHO has not yet approved Sputnik V for emergency use South Africa’s health products regulator, Sahpra, has withheld approval for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine over concerns that it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men.
The decision was based on two earlier studies that tested the safety of a modified form of adenovirus contained in the Russian jab.
The Gamaleya Institute, which developed Sputnik V, said it would produce information to show that Sahpra's concerns were completely unfounded.
The country has the highest HIV burden in Africa. It has about 7.8 million cases of HIV among its population of over 60 million people, according to UNAids. About 13.5% of men aged between 15 and 49 are infected.
Sahpra said its concerns followed consultations with local and international experts.
South Africa has so far approved Covid vaccines manufactured by Pfizer/BioNTech, Johnson & Johnson and the Chinese-made Sinovac.
The World Health Organization has not yet approved Sputnik V for emergency use. The vaccine is however being administered in at least 45 countries including Zimbabwe and Namibia.
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