Available for 33 daysA phase 3 clinical trial is underway to determine the effectiveness of an mRNA vaccine for H5N1, a strain of influenza that is currently of concern. ...

The jab targets the H5N1 flu strain which has caused devastating infections in bird populations worldwide, but has yet to spread between humans. Source link

Laura CressTechnology reporterGetty ImagesUK adults spent over half an hour longer online every day in 2025 than they did during the pandemic, according to an annual survey of internet ...

Emer MoreauBusiness reporterGetty ImagesConstruction in November was at its lowest level since the pandemicActivity in the UK's construction sector shrank last month at the fastest pace since the pandemic, ...

An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas a record A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.Australia's Transport Workers' Union said ...

Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty designed to better tackle future pandemics.The pact is meant to avoid the disorganisation ...

BBCMandi Masters, a community midwife, was hospitalised with Covid in the pandemic.The public inquiry into the pandemic will start 10 weeks of hearings on Monday looking at the impact ...

Getty ImagesEven as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope.Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer ...

11 October: Covid passes needed to attend large events, nightclubs and other entertainment venues, to prove that they are fully vaccinated or have tested negative. There are an estimated ...

Researchers say children who gained weight in the pandemic could develop diseases later in life. Source link

"One of the varying factors we have, which is not seen in the rest of the UK, is that we have an open land border with the Republic of ...

Bats are essential to the world's ecosystems, but they are known carriers of several viruses. Humans are increasingly encroaching upon their habitats, adding to the risk of new pandemics, ...