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Covid jabs for five to 11-year-olds – your questions answered

Healthy children aged five to 11 across the UK are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine. Here are the answers to some of the key questions about jabs for younger children. – What is the latest? The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) ...

16 Feb 2022 at 20:55

Drug for overactive bladder could be made available over counter for first time

Millions of women suffering from an overactive bladder have been urged to take part in a consultation that could make a treatment available over the counter for the first time. The call for evidence, launched on Saturday, could lead to the ...

23 Apr 2022 at 01:25

UK approves ‘life-saving’ Pfizer antiviral to help at-risk Covid patients

The UK has become “one of the first in the world” to approve the use of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral after it was found to help prevent the virus from multiplying in at-risk sufferers. A potentially “life-saving” treatment called Paxlovid ...

31 Dec 2021 at 15:25

Europe now entering ‘plausible endgame’ to pandemic, says WHO

Europe is now entering a “plausible endgame” to the Covid-19 pandemic, a director at the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Dr Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, said the region has recorded 12 million new Covid cases ...

03 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Pfizer Covid jab approved for use in vulnerable primary school children

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 Healthcare products ...

22 Dec 2021 at 18:13

Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 booster approved by UK medicines regulator

An updated Covid-19 booster vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. The second “bivalent” vaccine, made by Pfizer/BioNTech, targets two coronavirus variants and has been approved for use by the Medicines and Healthcare ...

03 Sept 2022 at 14:07

Almost six million UK children aged five to 11 to be offered Covid vaccine

Almost six million children in the UK aged five to 11 are to be offered a Covid-19 vaccination after officials said the jabs could protect them against future waves of the virus. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and ...

16 Feb 2022 at 18:26

Key questions answered about Covid-19 jabs for five to 11-year-olds

Scotland and Wales are going to offer Covid-19 jabs to children aged five to 11. Here are the answers to some of the key questions about vaccines for younger children. – What is the latest? Ministers in Wales and ...

16 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Emerade adrenaline pens recalled ‘after potential faults detected’

The medicines regulator has urged patients to return Emerade 300 and 500 microgram adrenaline pens to their local pharmacies because some may fail to or prematurely activate if dropped. Patients, or carers of ...

09 May 2023 at 18:46

Hospital admissions for life-threatening allergic reactions ‘more than double’

The number of hospital admissions for life-threatening allergic reactions has more than doubled in the last 20 years, figures show. Data obtained by drugs regulator the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

28 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Drug regulator investigating suicidal thoughts among some weight-loss jab users

Europe’s drug regulator is investigating the risk of suicidal thoughts and thoughts of self-harm in patients using some weight loss and diabetes jabs. The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety ...

10 Jul 2023 at 11:36

Jab for common illness among over 60s on the horizon after regulatory approval

A jab aimed at reducing thousands of deaths and hospital admissions among the elderly has been approved for use in the UK. Regulators have given the green light for the first respiratory ...

10 Jul 2023 at 17:05

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