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Tributes to North East Professor Sir Michael Rawlins who fought to protect patients from medicine side-effects

Professor Sir Michael Rawlins led a long and distinguished career at the forefront of patient safety

Chronicle Live

Father struggling to keep son alive after NHS blocks access to ‘life-changing’ drug

Matt Hughes was forced to turn to a private doctor because the NHS refused to prescribe medical cannabis to prevent his son Charlie’s seizures

The Independent UK

Dad can't afford to keep son alive as he pays £1,000 a month for cannabis

The NHS will not cover the cost of the drug that helps stop Charlie, five, having 120 seizures a day

Wales Online

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Tory MP urged to apologise and correct record on ‘dangerous’ Covid vaccine claim

Andrew Bridgen described mRNA vaccines as ‘experimental’.

The Independent UK

Covid vaccines for babies as young as six months as UK approves Pfizer jab

Children between the age of six months and four years will receive a dose 10 times lower than that of the adult jab

Wales Online

NHS ‘nowhere near ready’ to deliver new Alzheimer’s drug, doctors say

Patients unlikely to receive lecanemab before 2026 and health service does not yet have necessary infrastructure

The Guardian - UK

Drugs minister warns of missing needles in life-saving overdose kits

LIFE-saving overdose prevention kits circulating in Scotland could be missing needles after a warning from the UK’s medicine regulator,…

The National (Scotland)

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Pill to prevent pre-eclampsia gets UK fast track for development

Exclusive: MHRA grants innovation passport to drug that could prevent women from developing condition

The Guardian - UK

This Novel Short-Acting Psychedelic Compound Is Ready For First Phase 1 Clinical Try-Out

Small Pharma Inc.

Benzinga

Small Pharma's Q2 2023 Financial Results, 'Ultra Short-Acting Psychedelic Program' Underway

Small Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: DMTTF), a biotech company developing short-acting psychedelic-assisted therapies for diverse mental health disorders, reported its financial results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2022. For the period numbers show:

Benzinga

Renfrewshire retailers warning amid fake cigarettes crackdown from Trading Standards

Every tobacco and e-cigarette outlet across the region has been written to in an unusual move.

Daily Record

How HRT for menopause symptoms works as it can be bought over counter for first time

In a study carried out by Nuffield Health Group, one in four women said they struggled to cope with life due to menopause symptoms. Hormone replacement therapy is a treatment used by those struggling with the debilitating symptoms, and now for the first time the medicine is available over the…

Daily Mirror

When will Omicron boosters be available? Who is eligible for Covid jab and how to book

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a second Coronavirus booster vaccine to target the Omicron variant ahead of the autumn booster programme

Daily Mirror

Second Covid booster jab approved in UK ahead of winter vaccine programme

It’s the second jab aimed at both the original and Omicron strains of the virus, to be approved in the UK

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Daily Mirror

New 'second generation' Pfizer Covid vaccine approved ahead of booster programme

The "bivalent" jab - which targets Omicron as well as the original strain of the deadly virus - is manufactured by Pfizer/Biotech, and follows a similar booster from Moderna approved last month

The Independent UK

Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 booster approved by UK medicines regulator

The vaccine targets both the original strain of coronavirus and the Omicron variant.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Evening Standard

Novavax Covid vaccine approved for 12 to 17 year olds in Britain

Health authorities say the vaccine is safe and effective in this age group

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Wales Online

Everything you need to know about the new Covid vaccine that targets omicron variant

o serious safety concerns have been identified for this new bivalent treatment

The Independent UK

‘No second-rate vaccines’ health chief insists as half will miss out on dual-strain booster

Roughly 29 million people are eligible for an autumn booster but there are just 13 million doses of the new bivalent Moderna jab available

Glasgow Live

Spikevax bivalent: Who is eligible for covid vaccine as UK becomes first country to approve jab

A new covid vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, making us the first country to have done so. But what does this mean and who is able to get the vaccine? Here's everything you need to know.

Wales Online

Full details of next Covid booster rollout -and Omicron jab will be used

The Government has confirmed who will get another Covid injection and says new vaccine will be used

The Independent UK

‘Next generation’ Covid booster jab to be offered to adults over 50 from autumn

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has said the vaccine will be part of the autumn booster programme.

Evening Standard

'Next generation' dual-strain Covid-19 vaccine approved in UK

A “next generation” Covid-19 booster jab which is the first to target two strains of the virus has been approved for use in adults in the UK.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised Moderna’s bivalent vaccine, which targets both the original Covid strain and the Omicron variant.Known…

Edinburgh Live

What is the new Covid vaccine approved in the UK?

The new booster vaccine from Moderna is the Spikevax bivalent Original/Omicron. It will target the original virus strain from 2020 and Omicron.

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