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FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Conversation

Teachers knew what children needed to recover from the pandemic – but their insights were ignored

Five years have passed since schools and nurseries closed in England as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. This unprecedented disruption to children’s normal routines created considerable concern – both at the time and in the years since.

The Conversation

Universal vaccines could reshape how we fight future outbreaks – but a broad approach is needed

Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.

The Conversation

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Justice department opens inquiry into Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 response

Ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate accused of mishandling nursing homes during pandemic

The Guardian - US

No evidence of fall in Covid rules compliance after Storey funeral, O’Neill says

Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill were asked about Stormont decisions on test, trace and isolate at the Covid inquiry.

Evening Standard

Qantas makes mercy plea for illegal sackings 'mistake'

Qantas has urged a court to treat its illegal sacking of almost 2000 workers during the COVID-19 pandemic as a mistake and impose a "mid-range" penalty.

AAP

XEC variant of Covid-19 'spreading 7 times faster than the flu'

The Public Health Ministry is closely watching the XEC variant of Covid-19, which is spreading seven times faster than regular flu.

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FDA says it will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65

Critics say shift will negatively affect people who are not high risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease

The Guardian - US

With fewer ordinations, seminaries find ways to serve young professionals in other fields

In recent years, many U.S. seminaries have faced existential threats fueled by COVID-19 and a changing religious landscape

The Independent UK

COVID vaccines are only approved for elderly and a few others as RFK continues to reshape how Americans fight disease

Americans over the age of 65 and other select groups will be approved for the vaccine

The Independent UK

US Limits Covid Boosters To Over-65s Or Those At High Risk

The United States will limit Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at risk of serious illness, while requiring vaccine makers to run fresh clinical trials before offering shots to younger and healthier individuals, officials said Tuesday.

International Business Times

WHO Adopts Landmark Pandemic Agreement

The World Health Organization's member states on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health crises, after more than three years of negotiations sparked by the shock of Covid-19.

International Business Times

How does Airbnb know you’re having a party? Screening tech and policies explained ahead of Memorial Day

Airbnb’s party bans were developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

A Major Property Rights Case Idles on Supreme Court Docket

The Court has been punting for months on whether it will take up a legal challenge brought by Los Angeles landlords alleging their city's COVID-era eviction ban was a physical taking.

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The Independent UK

Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy

The Independent UK

A ‘groundbreaking’ pandemic agreement for tackling disease outbreaks has been agreed. What does it mean?

ANALYSIS: Negotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel Schraer

Evening Standard

Vaccine maker’s £1bn UK investment to create ‘hundreds of high-skilled jobs’

BioNTech developed mRNA vaccines, and cancer immunotherapies notably used to tackle Covid-19.

The Guardian - UK

World agrees pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease

Hailed as ‘a victory for public health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of Covid-19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threats

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The Independent UK

WHO members adopt a 'pandemic agreement' born out of the disjointed global COVID response

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus

The Independent UK

What is JN.1 Covid variant driving fresh rise in infections across Asia?

Omicron subvariant has become the dominant global strain, though India reports only mild cases so far

The Independent UK

It’s time to find out how much Josh Taylor has left to give

Twelve months on from a bitter defeat in his rematch with Jack Catterall, the former undisputed champion faces a tricky test against Ekow Essuman

The Independent UK

Sopranos star says making this life change gave her ‘a lot of hours back’

Lorraine Bracco says she made a deal with herself at 50 to ‘have more fun’

The Guardian - UK

‘People were buying crossbows faster than I’d like’ – how prepping went mainstream in Britain

Once, getting ready for the apocalypse was for the paranoid. Now, in the face of cyber-attacks, climate breakdown and nuclear threats, the UK government recommends it. Should everyone have a survival kit?

The Conversation

NZ Budget 2025: anything less than a 5% increase in health funding amounts to merely standing still

Minister of Health Simeon Brown claimed earlier this year that health funding in New Zealand has never been higher and that suggestions of underfunding are “fake news”.

LiveScience

2-in-1 COVID-flu vaccine looks promising in trial — but experts say approval may be delayed

Late-stage trial data suggest that a new COVID-flu vaccine offers good protection against both infections, but experts expect the shot's approval may be delayed.

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