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Cancer patients on therapy, transplant patients, AIDS patients, among others, may be given a third dose of the vaccine to improve their protection.

Gundersen Health System is providing one stop shopping for both the third dose of the COVID vaccine as well as your seasonal flu shot

People are still doing those things, otherwise the rates would be much higher than they were now. so they seem to be going with that, but then with that additional extra vaccination to that booster programme to mentor the programme to get a dose of the vaccine to 12—15 —year—olds, so they are relying on vaccination as the central defence, if you like him going into the autumn and winter. plus testing from isolating if you test positive, and then these sort of voluntary actions and hoping t...

Will be among priority groups. heres our health editor, hugh pym. at a carpentry class in surrey for men whove retired, it was clear there was enthusiasm about the prospect of having a booster covid jab. i think that the whole scheme is good, and i think i feel better for having myjabs, so, yes, id have it immediately. i always have a flu jab once a year, so i cant see that theres going to be any problem having an extra booster. i would have the boosterjab, as i said, but i would - like to learn...

Winter particularly. officials today used this chart to show how effective vaccines are at preventing people with covid from needing hospital treatment. among those aged 65 and over, they were more than 90% effective up to nine weeks after a second dose. but they wane slightly the further away you got from that second jab. medical regulators said it was safe to use az, pfizer and moderna as boosterjabs, but thejcvi recommended pfizer or a half dose of moderna because they got the best immune res...

Good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set out his autumn and winter plan to deal with covid in england. borisjohnson said the government will stick with its strategy of focussing on vaccines, but he warned that some measures will need to be kept in reserve in case the situation changes too much. borisjohnson said although cases were higher than at this point last year, the vaccines are working and theyre leading to a big fall in the number of deaths and serious disease. fr...

Labour said the governments approach would be judged against... whether we can push infections down, minimise sickness and save lives, keep schools open, protect care homes, maintain access to all care in the national health service and avoid a winter lockdown. the scottish parliament has already voted to introduce covid passports for some settings from the start of next month. while none of us like these things, we would be irresponsible not to take advantage of all of the different levers that...

To 15—year—olds right across the uk. theyll be offered one dose of vaccine rather than two. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been looking at some of the questions the decision has raised for children and parents. there are around 3 million 12 to 15—year—olds living in the uk. now, one in eight of those has already been offered two jabs of the pfizer vaccine if theyre judged to be clinically vulnerable or living with someone whos clinically vulnerable. now, the rest will be off...

This is bbc news — im christian fraser. borisjohnson announces covid boosterjabs in the uk for anyone over the age of 50. the roll out of the 3rd dose will begin next week. the prime minister says managing the pandemic this winter could be more challenging than it was last year. but we do not live in a vacuum — should we be giving boosterjabs to over 50s when the people of developing world have not yet had one. we will discuss. in california they are voting to decide whether to remove the de...

Those with weakened immune systems can seek a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Johnson County starting Tuesday.