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A coronavirus vaccine yesterday. most people have two jabs and then a booster, but anyone with a weakened immune system is advised to have four doses. health charities say some people are finding it hard to get their fourth shot and they need more support. 0ur health correspondent katharine da costa has the story. hal cohen from london had a kidney transplantjust months before the pandemic hit. hes been shielding on and off for nearly two years. his medication severely weakens his immune system....

But at the same time, its not clear if the booster is going to work for myself and people like me, so we really do need to carry on looking at other treatments. see if theres any on here. as well as transplant patients like hal, those with blood cancers or advanced hiv will also be eligible. they will all receive pfizer or moderna jabs. we hope it will top up their immunity levels. some of these people will not have mounted a good either antibody or t—cell memory response to two doses of the v...

The group of medical experts which advises the uk government on vaccines has just announced that up to 500,000 people will be offered a third covid jab in the coming months. thejcvi says it will be targetting people whose immune system is severely compromised. but the committeee has still not decided whether 12 to 15 year—olds should be vaccinated. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. this daily cocktail of immunosuppressant medication is vital to prevent hal cohens body from rejecting the...

Are we entering a period of YOLO spending as Canadians head out of the home more? Why not everyone is ready to ring in new freedoms in England. Read more: Quebec nurses, dealing with staff shortages, tell CBC News of barbaric working conditions; the upcoming Olympics in a pandemic are so unpopular in Japan that Toyota has scrapped its TV ads there. An employee at a Bangkok 7-Eleven convenience store, which is usually open 24 hours, locks the door on Monday night ahead of a curfew restriction im...

Help us get back to normal like everyone else: Charities see tidal wave of anxiety among clinically vulnerable Jemima Walker, news correspondent There has been a huge rise in clinically vulnerable people seeking support ahead of legal restrictions being lifted in England on Monday and rising COVID case numbers, a group of leading charities have said. © Sky Hal Cohen (L), who has had two kidney transplants - the most recent after a donation from his father (R) - has had two do...

By Mary Forgione California’s deserts can be magical during wildflower season. This probably isn’t one of those years, and it has nothing to do with our pandemic cancel culture. The traffic-stopping orange poppies from Lake Elsinore to the Antelope Valley likely will be no-shows because the fall-winter season has been drier than usual. “Nothing is blooming at all,” Death Valley National Park spokeswoman Abby Wines said in an email. “Usually, bloom on the valley floor is mid-February t...

on tomorrow mornings "washington journal" a discussion on the health system. michael lillis is our guest. george melloan talks about consumer confidence. and anthony placido on the use of u.s. intelligence gathering. later religious leaders from the christian, muslim faith will talk about religious tolerance in the u.s. live coverage begins at 1:00 eastern. . >> is good to be in milwaukee. it is good to be here. i am almost home. [cheers and applause] i just hop on the 94 and i am home...