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Experts have speculated AY.4.2 could be 15 per cent more transmissible than original Delta variant but do not believe its emergence will be ‘catastrophic’ for UK

Rising infections and waning immunity levels are putting the elderly and vulnerable at risk, experts say, reinforcing the need for top-up vaccines

Exclusive: In a letter to his counterpart Sajid Javid, shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth said ‘it is clear that the job of protecting the public is not yet done’

With the government today announcing a winter support package for GPs, the Health Secretary has this morning doubled down on plans to introduce more transparent information on GP surgeries. Denying that these proposals were league tables, Sajid Javid told the BBC Radio Four Today programme that, “We won’t be publishing any league tables. What the…

Senior health officials have warned there is a ‘realistic possibility’ that there could be up to 60,000 flu deaths this winter

Inquiry led by two House of Commons select committees condemns government for catalogue of delayed decisions and errors that resulted in tens of thousands of preventable UK deaths

Lack of immunity to flu among public ‘a significant concern’, Prof Van-Tam warns

Kings College London (KCL) scientists estimated around 66,033 people were infected every day last week up to October 2, compared with 58,126 the previous week. Professor Tim Spector, the epidemiologist… The post England has highest daily Covid rate since January as over 66,000 cases reported daily last week appeared first on London Business News |…

Entia, a medical technology business, which recently announced a commercial partnership with Pfizer UK, raised $12 million earlier in the year in a funding round co-led by UK growth capital… The post Entia raise $12m to launch virtual oncology solution in partnership with Pfizer UK appeared first on London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com.

Amid high infection rates and flagging vaccination coverage, expert warns: ‘This is not a good way to start the winter’