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By March 2024, the app should offer face-to-face video consultations, the government says.

Health officials in Britain are warning parents to ensure their children have been vaccinated against polio after the virus that causes the disease was found in London sewage samples in recent months

A review is expected to suggest a gradual increase as part of the drive to eradicate smoking by 2030.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson managed to narrowly win a no-confidence vote from his own Conservative Party, but the result dealt a heavy blow to his authority.

Women from across British politics called Monday for action to tackle misogyny after a newspaper ran a story accusing the deputy opposition leader of trying to “distract” the prime minister during debates by crossing and uncrossing her legs.

British authorities have authorized a coronavirus vaccine for adults made by French drugmaker Valneva.

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus cases globally increased by 7% in the last week, driven by rising infections in the Western Pacific.

Not all countries are impacted equally by the BA.2 subvariant. That tells us a lot about what works and what doesn’t.

Britain is ending some of its most comprehensive COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs.

British cabinet minister Sajid Javid accused Russian leader Vladimir Putin of war crimes and threatened war with NATO should he send forces into allied territory.

Britain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated people be tested for COVID-19 before and after their arrivals, will end Friday.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.

Senior NHS staff say they disagree with the prime minister's planned changes to English Covid rules.

But the roll out will be "non-urgent", with a focus on parental choice, the government says.

The ongoing problems at Downing Street lead many of Saturday's papers.

Most coronavirus restrictions including mandatory face masks have been lifted in England, after Britain’s government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalizations.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ordered an investigation into a Conservative lawmaker’s claim that she was fired from a government job in part because of her Muslim faith.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday evening.

An MP calling on Boris Johnson to resign says rebels are facing intimidation from government.

Some Conservative lawmakers in Britain are talking about ousting their leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, over allegations that he and his staff held lockdown-breaching parties during the coronavirus pandemic.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.

England’s deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam, one of the scientists who led the U.K.’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will leave his role in March.

U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80 because data shows that a third shot offers lasting protection against admission to the hospital.

A hospital consultant has told the Health Secretary he refused to be vaccinated because he has immunity from being "antibody" positive after exposure to the virus.

The U.K. government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other workplaces are hit by major staff shortages amid the latest record spike in coronavirus infections.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Saturday morning.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.

The Broadway revival of “The Music Man” has been one of the hottest tickets in town and it has limped along without co-star Sutton Foster.

New Year celebrations are approaching and across the world there is an urge to party.

Thousands of people across England are spending a few minutes of Christmas Day to line up under leaden winter skies to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the omicron variant fuels a surge in infections across the country.

Britain's public health agency says preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain.

South Korea has set a new record for daily COVID-19 deaths as it struggles to resolve a shortage of hospital beds amid weeks of surging cases.

Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant

Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid rise of infections and continuing uncertainty about the omicron variant.

David Fuller, who killed Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce, abused 102 female corpses in two morgues.

British lawmakers have voted to approve new restrictions to curb the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.

British Health Secretary Sajid Javid says the omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading so rapidly that it has the potential to overwhelm Britain’s hospitals.

Unvaccinated workers will have to declare their vaccination status to their bosses for the first time, as new rules mean they cannot test themselves daily to avoid self-isolation.

The increase in omicron cases in the U.K. is on such steep trajectory that the country's health security agency has issued a stark warning.

Another seven million people will be able to book their top up jab, including those in at-risk groups.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday evening.

A Nigerian official has criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.”.

Britain’s government has tightened travel restrictions amid concerns about the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.

The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines fairly already scaled back its pledge to the world’s poor once.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening.

A reduction in time between doses and extending the programme to younger age groups could be approved.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday morning.

Boris Johnson introduces a raft of measures to slow the spread of Omicron ahead of Christmas.

The health secretary said the two people are self-isolating alongside their households while contact tracing and targeted testing takes place.

The cases involve travel to southern Africa, where the latest COVID variant of concern was first identified, the British health secretary said. No cases have been identified in the U.S. so far.

Remko de Waal/GettyAs the world waits to find out how dangerous the super-mutated COVID variant Omicron might be, Dutch authorities revealed that 61 people arriving on two flights from South Africa—where the strain has been spreading—have tested positive.It’s not known whether the passengers were infected with Omicron or an earlier version of the coronavirus, but the discovery underscores the possibility that the new variant has already gone global.Previously, cases had been identified only in S

Worried scientists in South Africa are scrambling to combat the lightning spread across the country of the new and highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 variant as the world grapples with its emergence.

A new variant of concern in South Africa has prompted a ban on flights to the U.K. for an undetermined period of time.

The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.

The British government says all health care staff who work with the public will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus starting in April.

"The U.K. is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19," Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said.

"The U.K. is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19," Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said.

Britain has granted a conditional authorization to Merck’s coronavirus antiviral.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday evening.

The warnings come as government officials have insisted that more restrictions on public life are not yet necessary.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening.

U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Wednesday said the government won't be implementing the so-called "plan B" strategy of its fall-winter Covid plan.

With coronavirus cases rising in Britain, the government is urging millions of people to get booster vaccine shots.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday evening.

Extra £250m available to pay for locum staff to help practices in England improve access over winter.

Policymakers and health experts have welcomed the WHO's authorization of the first ever malaria vaccine, which could be rolled out in sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2022.

Testing and isolating low-risk patients before planned operations can be dropped, new advice says.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demoted his top diplomat and fired his education minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, as he attempted to move on from a series of political missteps and U-turns.

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Britain’s chief medical officers say children ages 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Australia’s capital will remain locked down for a second month after the local government reported 22 new coronavirus infections.

Britain’s health secretary says authorities have decided not to require vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs and other crowded events in England.

West Virginia set two daily records in the past week for positive coronavirus cases as the pandemic continues to ravage the state.

A leading scientist behind the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine says booster shots may be unnecessary for many people.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Friday morning.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening.

In 2019, the Conservatives pledged no-one should have to sell their home to pay for their care.

The independent body advising the British government on the rollout of coronavirus vaccines says the direct health benefits of offering the jabs to all healthy 12-to-15-year-olds are marginal.

State health officials in Nevada say hospitals are seeing a severe shortage of nurses and some northern Nevada hospitals are nearly out of staffed beds for patients.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday morning.

As Britain enjoyed a summertime lull in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s attention turned to the end of pandemic-related restrictions and holidays in the sun.

Britain’s competition watchdog says it will look into the cost of COVID-19 testing for travelers after Health Secretary Sajid Javid complained that high prices for the government-mandated tests were preventing some people from going on holiday.

Health officials in Arizona on Sunday reported more than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day.

After surging for months because of the hypercontagious Delta variant, COVID-19 cases in the United Kingdom are rapidly plummeting, raising the question of whether America’s Delta wave could also peak sooner than expected.

Vaccines don't ward off every single infection but they do massively lower the risk. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesIf you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases globally and growing concern about highly transmissible strains like the delta variant come reports of fully vaccinated people testing positive for COVID-19. Members of the

Britain is easing coronavirus quarantine rules for essential workers including prison guards, veterinarians and garbage collectors in an attempt to end staff shortages that are hobbling parts of the economy.

When they heard gunfire in the valley, residents locked their doors and cowered inside their homes. Some 200 armed men had just looted a gas station, according to a witness, and the shooting would continue for hours as an equal number from an opposing group confronted them.

The British government has sought to ease food supply pressures in England by exempting more than 10,000 workers from quarantine rules that had led to staff shortages and empty shelves and fears of panic-buying.

Two federal agencies issued the highest warning to Americans against traveling to the United Kingdom and four other countries due to rising COVID-19 cases.

The CDC urged Americans to avoid visiting the United Kingdom because “even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants."

The British government has decided not to inoculate most children and teenagers against COVID-19 until more data on the vaccines become available.

The British government decided Monday not to inoculate most children and teenagers against COVID-19 until more data on the available vaccines becomes available. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said the health benefits of universal vaccination don’t outweigh the risks for most young people, who typically suffer only mild symptoms of the virus. Among hundreds of people at a Paris vaccination center Friday, scores were teenagers with their parents.

South Korea’s prime minister has offered a public apology over a large-scale coronavirus outbreak on a destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa.

England’s nightclubs have reopened as the country lifted most remaining restrictions after more than a year of lockdowns, mask mandates and other pandemic-related curbs on freedom.

The number of infected sailors on a South Korean destroyer on an anti-piracy mission off East Africa has soared to 247, the largest cluster for the country’s military during the coronavirus pandemic.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spend 10 days self-isolating after contact with a confirmed coronavirus case.

Tourists and the travel industry are venting frustration and anger after Britain's government reversed a plan to ease travel restrictions on France just two days after they were due to start.

Three of the Democratic state lawmakers who fled Texas to stymie a Republican-backed effort to impose broad new voting restrictions have tested positive for COVID-19 in the nation’s capital.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week despite a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.