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Two scientists credited with making major breakthroughs in the development of mRNA vaccine to fight Covid-19 have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

The Vaccines announce ‘Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations’ album and 2024 UK tour - how to buy tickets

The Vaccines announce new album and UK tour - how to buy tickets

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

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GB News in breach of Ofcom rules for second time

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MP expelled from Conservative Party

NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

Covid-19 booster jabs will be ooffered to ‘vulnberable’ people this spring

Covid-19 booster jabs to be offered to most vulnerable this spring

Northumberland MMR jab figures.

Northumberland lags behind on MMR jabs

Huge vaccinations drive ahead as winter ‘twindemic’ looms

One in 12 snub virus jab.

'One in 12' have snubbed virus vaccine
Around one in 12 people in in Northumberland have still not received a coronavirus vaccine, according to new figures.

The Covid vaccination programme is being opened up to primary school age children.

Covid vaccination programme expanded to include primary age children

Vaccines are the best defence against severe disease and death, says the WHO (Photo: Getty Images)

Worst of Omicron wave ‘done with’ says WHO - but pandemic far from over

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced on Tuesday, November 9 that frontline NHS workers and social care staff will need to have Covid vaccinations in England to continue in their jobs. Picture: Paul Ellis/Getty Images.

NHS and social care staff must have Covid vaccinations

Jobs threat to care home workers

Virus jab jobs threat to Northumberland care home staff

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

Areas of Northumberland with the highest vaccination rates.

The 15 Northumberland areas with the highest Covid vaccination rates

Covid booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in the UK, the head of AstraZeneca has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster vaccines may not be needed for everyone in the UK, says AstraZenec...

Care home Covid jab fears.

Scores of Northumberland care workers have no Covid jab

Festival-goers will be able to get a vaccine as easily as a burger or a beer (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid jabs on line-up as ‘vaccine tent’ opens at Reading and Leeds festivals

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

More people are being treated for eating disorders. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines more quickly than AstraZeneca, finds study

The four areas of Northumberland with the highest Covid infections.

Here are the areas in Northumberland where Covid rates have risen

A member of the public receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the Turbine Hall at a temporary Covid-19 vaccine centre at the Tate Modern in central London (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Vaccines could be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds as JCVI guidance set to be upda...

More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Half of under 30s in England vaccinated against Covid after ‘grab a jab’ weekend

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Nearly 400 care home staff face compulsory virus jab decision

Care home staff will need to be double-jabbed from October if new legislation is approved.

Care home staff must have two doses of Covid jab from October under new law
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says that making vaccines for care home staff in England compulsory ‘is the right thing to do’

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines set to be made a requirement for care home staff in England

More than 2000 confirmed cases of ‘Indian variant’ in the UK, Matt Hancock tells MPs (Photo: PA, House of Commons)

More than 2000 confirmed cases of ‘Indian variant’ in the UK, Matt Hancock tells...

The Moderna vaccine is the third to be approved for use in the UK, and is now being given to patients in England. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Vaccines rolled out to all over-40s in England - how to book your appointment

A shocking new video has brought to life the horrific working conditions of donk...

The ‘every vaccination gives us hope’ campaign encourages those due to be offered vaccines in the second phase of the rollout to get the jab.

Under 50s urged to get Covid vaccine in new TV campaign

Gordon Brown has called for the mass vaccination of the world to be the primary focus of the G7 summit (Photos: Getty Images and Shutterstock)

UK and other wealthy countries should help pay for global vaccination, Gordon Br...

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout timeline explained (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout ...

Social distancing may have to continue until spring 2022 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why social distancing may be needed until spring 2022 despite Covid vacci...

Vaccines that protect against the new Covid-19 variants should be ready by October (Photo: Shutterstock)

Vaccines that protect against Covid variants to be ready by October says Oxford ...

Testing to 'find every case' of South African Covid variant in England is underway - the areas affected (Photo: Shutterstock)

Testing to 'find every case' of South African Covid variant in England is underw...

The scam poses as an invite to receive a Covid-19 vaccination (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

The NHS has warned against a new Covid-19 vaccination scam - what to look out fo...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (COVID-19). Picture date: Friday January 22, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Leon Neal/PA Wire

Government launch television campaign urging people to stay at home

People who refused to have the vaccine will continue to be at risk (Photo: Getty Images)

Scientists warn those who refuse Covid jab won’t be protected by herd immunity -...

All UK adults will be offered their first Covid vaccine by September, Dominic Raab has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here's how many Covid vaccines have been administered where you live

'The Covid situation is so similar to many disease outbreaks in animals over the years.'

FARMING: Covid situation is similar to outbreaks in animals

Up to 1 in 5 UK care home workers could be refusing a Covid vaccine

Tony Blair: We must get the vaccine rollout right

Former PM Tony Blair is backing our 'A Shot In The Arm' campaign.

Former PM Tony Blair backs 'A Shot In The Arm' campaign

This is how long you must wait after your Covid vaccine before seeing friends an...

Scientists have created a new online guide to fight Covid vaccine myths - what y...

Covid mutations sound scary, but there’s no need to panic - a virologist explain...

These are the side effects you should expect after a Covid vaccine - and why you...

A Covid-19 vaccine 'should be available just after Christmas' in the UK - here's...

The BCG vaccine could be used to protect against coronavirus - the science explained (photo: Shutterstock)

The BCG vaccine could be used to protect against coronavirus - the science expla...

Baby immunisation rates in Northumberland remain below the target level.

Baby jab rates in Northumberland remain below target

As there is currently no vaccine to protect against coronavirus, it is vital that scientists continue to study antibody responses in sufferers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid-19 antibodies could decline sharply after recovery - the new scientific st...

Confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus have now reached more than 72,000 across the globe (Photo: Shutterstock)

13 coronavirus myths debunked by the World Health Organisation