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Using racist language against his former yorkshire team—mate azeem rafiq. good morning and welcome to bbc news. scientists researching the effectiveness of the hpv vaccine have produced the first major study which they say shows that its reducing rates of cervical cancer by almost 90% in some age groups. one of the lead researchers has described the impact of the uk vaccination programme as �*huge�*. the charity, cancer research uk, says the findings are �*historic�*. heres more from o...

Lord frost heads to paris to meet frances europe minister in paris in an attempt to end a bitter dispute over post—brexit fishing rights. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. scientists researching the effectiveness of the hpv vaccine have produced the first major study which they say shows that its reducing rates of cervical cancer by almost 90% in some age groups. one of the lead researchers has described the impact of the uk vaccination programme as "huge". th...

And these last about one to two days. theyre mild and resolve on their own. >> there are -- you mentioned the size of the dosage. help folks understand how a five-year-old would get the same size dose as an 11-year-old. >> so when we are deciding pediatric dosing, a lot of it is weight based. in the case of the covid vaccine, we also think about immune response. so different age groups. its not perfect, but we think that the ages 5 to 11, the reason they need one-third of the dose is because tha...

Walgreens will start vaccinating this weekend. and the white house acknowledging, parents wont be able to search for a location on the federal website, vaccines.gov, until the end of the week. >> as soon as next week, well have enough vaccine in enough places and parents will be able to schedule appointments to get their kids their first shot. >> all right, whit johnson with us live tonight. and as we head into the colder weather, we know families getting together for the holidays. and i know he...

Sure yet will become sure. thats what weve seen in the older age groups. you know, where we didnt just have the clinical trial data, but we had hundreds of thousands in the real world getting the vaccine, becoming safe, and having a positive experiences. >> its so much fun to be with you. dr. chung and calebcaleb. caleb, when what are you going to be for halloween? >> im going to be a plague doctor, and im excited to have that costume. its really fun, and its kind of like the past pandemic, exce...

Developed in a rapid sequence. but were also tested very carefully. i can attest to that, the kinds of safety parameters and the data collected with these vaccines is extensive. so we know they have a great safety profile and theyre very effective. so you have to put that in the context of this question. but some people would much rather have a more standard protein vaccine, just because theyre more familiar with it. that is very understandable. now the novavax vaccine looks promising. it is jus...

The Pfizer vaccine (Comirnaty) will be used to inoculate children aged 12 to 17 nationwide, starting in November, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long announced in Hanoi on October 26.

What might this free up? in terms of the way we live. >> let me just give you the numbers with regard to kids and covid. there have been nearly two million kids who have been infected with this virus. thats a lot of kids. there have been 8,300 hospitalizations. about a third of which ended up in the icu for this school age kids. 10% of all covid cases to date have been in this age group. 5,200 kids have been diagnosed with this multisystem inflammatory syndrome. there is also a lot of school clo...

The placebo, 1600 cases -- sorry, 16 cases of disease in the placebo group and three in the vaccine group, the vaccine was 91% effective. it appears to be safe and effective and we need a vaccine for children. >> as i heard from you and other folks on that independent a advisory committee, you look at this through the lens of being parents or grandparents and you look at is this something you would recommend for your own child? this is the dose that they would get if it is ultimately authorized ...

The horizon for these kids. school age children should have the aim production as the older age groups. >> last question for you, dr. kessler. looking at this from a broader perspective, to what extent do you think being able to vaccinate this new age group will help us as a country contain the epidemic as a whole? i know its hard to talk about exactly what transmission is attributable to what groups and whether or not they have been able to get vaccinated. but will vaccinating younger kids help...