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Why medical experts recommend up-to-date protection for Covid-19

Doctors say Covid-19 variants are still emerging but herd immunity levels in the community have fallen over time.

Covid-19 and flu can triple your risk of heart attack: US study

The risk of a heart attack triples within the first few weeks after a Covid-19 infection, the study suggested.

Coronavirus found in Brazilian bats expands global map of risk

The virus, named BRZ batCoV, was detected in Pteronotus parnellii – a small insect-eating “moustached” bat common across Latin America.

US fires health official who opposed widely used Covid-19 shots

Dr Hatfill claimed that mRNA vaccines create “biochemical havoc” in the body and that Covid-19 vaccines weren’t properly studied by drug companies.

Updated Covid-19 vaccines to be rolled out at GPs, polyclinics from Oct 27

The latest vaccines will be administered at vaccination locations that already provide the earlier shots.

Former US officials urge Congress to examine ‘weaponisation’ working group

Ex-US officials has urged Congress to probe Trump's Interagency Weaponisation Working Group over potential misuse of security services.

Covid virus changes sperm in mice, may raise anxiety in offspring: Study

The researchers said their work was the first of its kind to show the long-term impact of Covid infection on the behaviour and brain development of later generations.

Updated Covid-19 shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalisations in US in 2024: Study

The study showed that vaccinated veterans who developed Covid after receiving the 2024-2025 boosters from Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech were also less likely to visit the emergency room for complications, compared with unvaccinated Covid patients.

US health official calls for separating measles combination shots, pulls broad Covid-19 vaccine support

Studies have shown that combining three shots in the MMR vaccine will improve immune response.

Chinese Covid-19 whistleblower sentenced to 4 more years in jail, says journalist group

FILE PHOTO: Workers in protective suits are seen at the Leishenshan Hospital, a makeshift hospital for treating patients with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

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