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Celebrity doctors promoted Covid vaccine without declaring payments
- The pharmaceutical watchdog has been urged to investigate after a string of celebrity doctors took part in discussions about the Covid vaccine but failed to declare they had been paid by AstraZeneca.
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- NewsThe Independent
Watch: Fauci grilled by House Republicans over Covid-19 response
Watch again as House Republicans questioned Dr Anthony Fauci on his response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the origins of the virus on Monday, 3 June. Lawmakers grilled the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in his first congressional testimony in almost two years. The GOP-led Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic have requested access to Dr Fauci's personal email and mobile phone records after obtaining information they say calls into que
- NewsThe Guardian
Fauci describes ‘credible death threats’ for overseeing US Covid-19 response
Doctor, who was head of infectious diseases unit during height of the pandemic, tells Congress he and his family still get harassed
- NewsThe Guardian
Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control; Wuhan: A Documentary Novel – reviews
Dali L Yang’s critique of China’s response in the early days of the Covid pandemic is thoroughgoing if academic, while poet Liao Yiwu’s account mixes fact and fiction to extraordinary effect
- HealthEvening Standard
FLiRT Covid variant: Everything we know so far about the coronavirus strain sweeping the US
UKHSA data shows a rise in British cases of virus
- NewsThe Guardian
AstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine worldwide, citing surplus of newer vaccines
Pharmaceutical company says newer shots led to decline in demand for AstraZeneca vaccine, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied
- HealthThe Telegraph
The true tragedy of the Covid-19 vaccines
Vaccination is one of mankind’s most miraculous innovations. The eradication of smallpox, and the retreat of measles and other cruel afflictions, mean that vaccines rival sanitation for first prize in the saving of lives. New jabs against malaria and melanoma promise great benefits. All the more reason to worry that Covid vaccines may have tarnished the technology’s reputation.
- NewsEvening Standard
Coronavirus victims remembered at Covid Memorial Wall ceremony
Some members of the group became emotional and hugged each other during the event.
- NewsThe Independent
Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro indicted for faking his Covid-19 vaccine data
The former president of Brazil is a staunch opponent of Covid-19 vaccines
- ScienceSky News
'Hypervaccinated' patient had 217 COVID-19 jabs in less than three years, scientists say
The unnamed man, a 62-year-old German national from the eastern city of Magdeburg, had 217 vaccines for "private reasons" over a period of 29 months, according to medical journal, Lancet Infectious Diseases. Academics contacted the patient after reading about him in newspaper reports - and asked if they could study his body's response to multiple jabs. The patient was "very interested" in doing so, Dr Schober added.
- HealthSky News
COVID-19 'pandemic babies' developed 'fascinating' protection against common condition, study finds
Lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic saw changes in newborn babies that may have protected them against allergies, according to a study. Infants raised when coronavirus social distancing restrictions were in place were found by Irish researchers to have more of the beneficial microbes acquired after birth from their mother, which could act as a defence against disease. The findings, published in the journal Allergy, highlighted the gut health benefits for the youngsters as a result o
