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The prevalence of two or more chronic conditions is 34%, which is a lot, especially if you consider the implications that this might have for the health system, the labour market and of course the quality of life. the findings are from the 1970 british cohort study which has tracked the lives of about 17,000 people who were born in the same week back in april, 1970. so its a snapshot of one particular generation. the participants were aged between 46 and 48 during this part of the research. lets...

>> yeah, so i am obviously kind of sympathetic to the idea that children are relatively less affected than older age groups, but we have a safe and effective vaccine already approved for children older than 12. its already used in the united states and a trial is underway for children under 12. if there is a safer way to protect children rather than just let them get infected, and the cdc has done careful analysis on this, then we should be vaccinating children and protecting their educational e...

>> yeah, so i am obviously kind of sympathetic to the idea that children are relatively less affected than older age groups, but we have a safe and effective vaccine already approved for children older than 12. its already used in the united states and a trial is on the way for children under 12. if there is a safer way to protect children rather than just let them get infected, and the cdc has done careful analysis on this, then we should be vaccinating children and protecting their educational...

I would absolutely agree with my noble friend. in fact, cash remains the second most used payment form in this country and thats exactly why weve made this commitment to legislate and launch the consultation on our specific proposals. what the data tells us is that| cash usage is higher amongst higher age groups, those. with mental health issues, those on lower incomes and other categories. . will the noble baroness - the minister agree with me that what works for some groups within society in t...

Means— and 68% to doses, but this also means large numbers of people have not been _ means large numbers of people have not been vaccinated, there are people — not been vaccinated, there are people in— not been vaccinated, there are people in their 205 and 305 who have not yet _ people in their 205 and 305 who have not yet been vaccinated and we need to make _ not yet been vaccinated and we need to make sure that happens. so the messages — to make sure that happens. so the messages are f...

Discover what was happening here, and it relates... it is very similar to a condition caused very rarely by a blood thinner called heparin, where, for some reason, the body seems to create antibodies against platelets. we want the immune system to create antibodies against covid but in these very rare cases, it seems to create antibodies against platelets, and they start to clump together and you get low platelet levels as well. and the fatality rate was initially much higher but it is something...

Well keep an eye on that and bring you that taped playback as soon as it gets under way. actress and pop star olivia rodrigo is team up with the biden administration with a message to her many millions of fans. the covid vaccine is good for you. >> its important to have conversations with friends and family members encouraging all communities to get vaccinated and actually get to a vaccination site that you can do more easily than ever before given how many sites we have and how easy it is to ...

Suggestion is that may be the vaccine roll—out is starting to peter out a little bit. vaccine roll-out is starting to peter out a little bit.- vaccine roll-out is starting to peter out a little bit. when we look at the numbers _ peter out a little bit. when we look at the numbers of— peter out a little bit. when we look at the numbers of first _ peter out a little bit. when we look at the numbers of first dose - peter out a little bit. when we look at the numbers of first dose is - at the nu...

Get done. the deliverable was met. not one but two vaccines with not 40% of efficacy but 95%. i mean, thats unheard of. and then the third vaccine came along with 70% efficacy. so that the country as a whole has benefitted tremendously by having the availability of those highly effective vaccines. why not acknowledge the work of the people that came just before you and say that was a great job, lets finish the task and lets get more people to have the vaccination? if youre over the age of 65, if...

This, and the numbers are encouraging there. i wonder, though, for folks watching who are vaccinated, but their children are not yet vaccinated because its not approved for -- under emergency use for folks under 12. will this change the fdas thinking potentially on issuing emergency use authorization for children younger than 12? and whats the likely time line on that? >> so, we know that both pfizer and moderna are doing testing on children as young as six months of age, but none of that data h...