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Covid jabs for 12-15s recommended by UK’s chief medical officers
After much debate among scientists and politicians, not to mention within families, it’s now official – healthy kids aged between 12 to 15 will be offered one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
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FactCheck: what are the safety risks of the Pfizer vaccine?
Catching Covid is much more dangerous than getting vaccinated.
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Can hydrogen be turned into the fuel that helps save the planet?
Hydrogen is our most abundant element and emits just water when it’s burned, so it could well play a role in helping us to reach net zero.
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FactCheck: Are Covid cases really falling?
It’s welcome news, though puzzling, as many scientists expected case numbers to rise following the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions.
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FactCheck: Why hasn’t “herd immunity” stopped Covid?
Modellers have said as much as one third of the UK population could still be susceptible to the Delta variant.
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Police used ‘justified’ force on man who died, inquest jury finds
In CCTV images played in court, Andrew Hall shouts, “Help me – I’m being killed.”
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FactCheck: do Covid vaccines affect periods?
The MHRA says the current evidence “does not suggest an increased risk” of menstrual disorders.
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Post-Brexit: Businesses hit by labour shortages call for Brexit rules to be relaxed
From farms to factories and hospitality to haulage, many industries are warning they won’t be able to bounce back unless Brexit rules on workers are relaxed.
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Belarus: ‘We have become hostages of the situation’, says mother of detained woman
We have been talking to the mother of Sofia Sapega, who was arrested alongside her journalist boyfriend when a Ryanair flight was diverted.
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India to restart AstraZeneca vaccine exports if domestic Covid cases fall
So what about developing countries which are desperate to rollout any vaccines – but are still struggling for supplies?
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Covid-19 passports ‘won’t be implemented in UK until at least 21 June’
Hours before AstraZeneca announced they were pausing trials for their vaccine in children, the Prime Minister appeared at an AstraZeneca factory encouraging people to keep getting vaccinated.
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FactCheck: how effective are masks at stopping Covid-19 spread?
The evidence isn’t clear-cut.
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‘BAME’ should not be used as a term ‘just because it suits one culture to say you’re not white’, says race report commissioner
We spoke to Samir Shah, a television producer, who’s one of the commissioners behind the report.
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FactCheck: What is happening with Britain’s vaccine supply?
AstraZeneca has committed to delivering 2 million doses of vaccine a week, but it’s not easy to check whether this benchmark is being hit.
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FactCheck: latest evidence on the relationship between ethnicity and covid-19
The risk of dying with covid fell significantly for black Caribbean and black African people between the first and second waves. But for Pakistani people, the chances of death rose.