vaccine: Last News

Hollywood’s Covid-19 vaccination mandates were the subject of a three-hour special meeting today of the SAG-AFTRA national board, which ended without any action to modify the existing policy that allows employers, on a production-by-production basis, to require vaccinations as a condition of employment, subject to restrictions contained in the industry’s Return-to-Work agreement. That agreement is set to expire on Sept. 30.

From today, around four million people most vulnerable to Covid-19 will start to be invited to book in their autumn booster vaccine.

Manori Ravindran International Editor U.K. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has formally resigned, less than a year into her role. Dorries told ITV News that she’d been offered to stay in the role by the country’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss, but decided to pass “after a lot of soul-searching.” It’s still unclear whether Dorries will relinquish her position as a member of parliament. Dorries was named culture secretary in a major cabinet shake up in September 2021. She replaced Oliver Dowden. Her time as culture secretary has been fraught with a string of gaffes. Last year, in a government select committee hearing, Dorries — who has been supporting the bid to privatize “It’s a Sin” broadcaster Channel 4 — appeared not to know how the U.K. broadcaster is funded, stating that it was “in receipt of public money,” when in fact Channel 4 is publicly owned but funded by advertising.

The NHS will begin the next phase of its Covid vaccine programme from today (September 5) which it claims is the 'largest and fastest vaccine drive in health service history".

Welcome to your early morning news briefing from The Telegraph - a round-up of the top stories we are covering today. To receive twice-daily briefings by email, sign up to our Front Page newsletter for free. Liz Truss will declare on Sunday that she will do away with “sticking plasters and kicking the can down the road” in order to fix Britain’s energy market and reinvigorate the economy.

A second “bivalent” coronavirus vaccine has been approved by the UK’s health watchdog ahead of a series of booster jabs this autumn.

At the end of a summer when the number of cases in the monkeypox outbreak rose sharply, the increase in reported infections now appears to be cresting amid increased public messaging and access to vaccines, prompting U.S. health officials to expand their strategy with a new equity-based effort to combat the disease.

Clearing the air. Aaron Rodgers addressed his controversial decision not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — and he broke down why he was accused of lying to the NFL.

Aaron Rodgers is opening up about his controversial refusal to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience”.

Novak Djokovic will not compete at the US Open. The Wimbledon champion cannot travel to New York for the competition - which begins on August 29 - as he is not vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The 35-year-old tennis player wrote on Twitter on Thursday (25.

Tennis champ Novak Djokovic won’t play at the upcoming U.S. Open after refusing to comply with United States restrictions requiring Covid vaccinations for foreign travelers.

Lanarkshire's health board is under "significant pressure" for sourcing supplies of the vaccine against monkeypox.

NHS Lothian is encouraging parents and carers to help keep children healthy this winter by getting them vaccinated against flu.

More monkeypox vaccination clinics will be running in Manchester over the next week ahead of Manchester Pride celebrations. The clinics come after Greater Manchester became the first place in the country to trial smaller but equally effective doses of the jab.

Students have been urged to get vaccinated ahead of returning to university to protect themselves against a number of life-threatening illnesses.

Us Helping Us will hold a monkeypox vaccine clinic at their 3636 Georgia Avenue NW location in Washington D.C.

All Worlds Resort, the clothing optional destination in Palm Springs for gay men, has closed its indoor maze, and night passes are not available to purchase “until the monkeypox vaccine becomes available in our area,” according to a notice on its website. Photo: All Worlds Resort

Many Brits will be heading off on a last-minute getaway before the summer holidays are over. In recent months several countries have eased their Covid restrictions or scrapped their entry requirements altogether, making it easier to go abroad.

Lanarkshire locals aged 78 and 79 have started to receive appointments for their shingles vaccine.

A security guard who worked at vaccination sites stole empty Covid jab vials before flogging them on eBay.

COVID-19 jab, known as the Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron vaccine, to be given as a booster. Half of the Moderna-made vaccine (25 micrograms) targets the original virus strain from 2020 and the other half (25 micrograms) targets the Omicron variant. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it was found to "meet the UK regulator's standards of safety, quality and effectiveness".