Covid-19 news: Two vaccine doses not enough to stop omicron infection

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Syringes filled with the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 14 December Two doses of the Pfizer jab are only 33 per cent effective … Read more

Covid-19 news: UK will see large wave of omicron, scientist says

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Visitors queue for covid-19 vaccinations at a walk-in vaccine center in Romford, UK Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm on 13 December All adults in England will be … Read more

Covid booster shots: Third vaccine doses are pushing protection to unexpected heights

Evidence suggests that vaccine booster programmes can take people’s covid-19 protection to unexpectedly high levels, but we don’t yet know how effective existing vaccines will be against the omicron variant Health 30 November 2021 By Clare Wilson A road sign in Buckinghamshire, UK, in mid-November Maureen McLean/Shutterstock While the emergence of the omicron variant has caused concern worldwide, … Read more

Boosters Can Help End the COVID Pandemic

Opinion The extra shot doesn’t mean that vaccines are ineffective; our bodies just need a reminder | The Coronavirus Outbreak, A man is given a COVID-19 booster shot at Stony Brook University Research and Development Park in Stony Brook, New York on Nov. 17, 2021. Credit: Steve Pfost/Newsday/Getty ImagesOpinion The extra shot doesn’t mean that … Read more

Lessons from the covid-19 pandemic could help us reduce cyberbullying

By Alexandra Martiniuk and Joseph Freeman Simone Rotella CYBERBULLYING was already a problem before the covid-19 pandemic hit. In Australia, for example, one in five young people reported in 2017 that they had been socially excluded, threatened or abused online, and the same proportion said they had participated in cyberbullying themselves. Then lockdowns and work-from-home … Read more

Covid-19 news: UK will see large wave of omicron, scientist says

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu and Layal Liverpool Commuters make their way across London Bridge on 9 December, 2021 in London, England Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 11am on 10 December Omicron variant may be spreading faster … Read more