RFK JR: Trump picks vaccine sceptic Kennedy for health secretary

RFK JR: Trump picks vaccine sceptic Kennedy for health secretary

Getty Images Kennedy (left) with Trump at an election rally in Arizona this summer Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine: Omagh man wants help after ‘life ruined’ by jab

Covid-19 vaccine: Omagh man wants help after ‘life ruined’ by jab

Larry Lowe Larry Lowe struggles with everyday tasks such as walking On 15 December 2021 Larry Lowe’s life changed. He was 54, rarely ill, fit, healthy and running 10km most days – until he got the Pfizer Covid booster. Within days he developed numbness in the right side of his face and started experiencing pain. … Read more

Flu vaccine: Parents urged to have young children immunised

Flu vaccine: Parents urged to have young children immunised

The NHS is urging parents and carers of two and three-year-olds to schedule a flu vaccine for their children ahead of an expected surge in respiratory illnesses this winter. School-age children, kids in clinical risk groups and pregnant women are among the groups also eligible to get vaccinated. The flu vaccine is given to most … Read more

Gaza polio vaccine: What is polio and how will children be immunised?

Gaza polio vaccine: What is polio and how will children be immunised?

AFP A series of “humanitarian pauses” to fighting in Gaza are due to begin on Sunday, to allow hundreds of thousands of children to be vaccinated against polio. The agreement comes after UN officials said a 10-month-old has been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first recorded case of polio in 25 years. What is polio … Read more

AstraZeneca vaccine deaths: Families ask why warnings not shared

AstraZeneca vaccine deaths: Families ask why warnings not shared

BBC Marina Waldron, 21, died of complications after being given the AstraZeneca Covid jab The parents of a young woman who died after being given an AstraZeneca Covid jab have accused the NHS of failing to pass on known safety warnings about the vaccine. Marina Waldron, 21, visited hospital with excruciating headaches three times in … Read more

Mpox: Travellers advised to consider vaccine

Mpox: Travellers advised to consider vaccine

Travellers should consider getting vaccinated against mpox if they will be visting affected areas in Africa, new advice says. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has updated its recommendations in response to outbreaks of a new strain of the virus. Other continents, including Europe, can expect some cases too, it says. ECDC … Read more