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Care home workers who are not prepared to get the Covid vaccine should get another job, Sajid Javid has said. The health secretary said he was not prepared to "pause" the requirement for care staff in England to be fully vaccinated by 11 November.more

Almost one in two patients can safely stop taking antidepressants after two years without fear of recurrence of depression, but most patients require long-term use, according to a study in the UK.more

Every fourth Pole believes that covid passports violate his civil liberties - according to the IBRiS survey commissioned by "Rzeczpospolita". 46.6 percent are in favor of showing a vaccination certificate when entering the cinema or theater. respondents.more

Giving the vaccine against Covid-19 by Pfizer or AstraZeneca during the same visit as the injection of the flu vaccine is safe for the patient, reports The Guardian, based on a study by British scientists.more

A resident of the US state of Illinois died of rabies. A month earlier, he had contracted a bat he had found in his bedroom. This is the first such case since 1954, reported CNN.more

According to data collected by the Mindy group in the report "Mental wellbeing of employees in Poland", 20 percent. of the respondents assessed their mental condition poorly or very poorly. The number of days during which employees were on sick leave due to mental problems increased by as much as 58%. In addition, 46 percent. Poles admit that professional life has a negative impact on their mentalmore

Yesterday in England, a ban on injecting people under the age of 18 with Botox and a substance that enlarges the mouth, unless it is justified on medical grounds, entered into force.more

Since yesterday, Portugal has entered the most advanced phase of easing sanitary restrictions in force since March 2020 in connection with Covid-19. The government agreed to resume work through discos and bars, and lifted a number of anti-epidemic restrictions.more

From October 1, 2021, an application for the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) can be submitted online via the Internet Patient Account (IKP) and ePUAP. It is no longer possible to submit an application by e-mail.more

Britain’s current Covid infection rate is by far the highest in western Europe and is only exceeded by a handful of countries around the world, latest research reveals.more

In Scotland, covid certificates confirming that a person is fully vaccinated are now a condition for entering nightclubs and mass events above a certain number of participants. However, their introduction is accompanied by serious technical problems.more

Public health and social services in England will need 1.1 million additional workers over the next decade to meet growing needs, according to a Health Foundation study released today.more

Brazilian football legend Pele was released from a month-long hospital stay Thursday after having surgery for a colon tumor, but will continue undergoing chemotherapy, his medical team said.more

Moderna discussed findings from studies demonstrating their COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness, but also that immunity from the vaccine wanes several months after administration.more

All forecasts indicate that the apogee of the fourth wave will take place in November, but a postponement to December is possible, said Minister of Health Adam Niedzielski to the Polskatimes.pl portal. At the peak, "there may well be 10,000 or even 40,000 infections," he added.more

Finland is set to vaccinate fur production animals against Covid. The Finnish Breeders' Association (FIFUR) will be vaccinating minks against coronavirus in the coming weeks, after being granted a conditional license by the Finnish Food Authority.more

YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about the COVID vaccines to include content that contains misinformation about other approved vaccines, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.more

.Based on research, over 400,000 volunteers, primary care data, coronavirus testing and death certificate analysis, UK Biobank scientists have found a link between cigarette smoking and the course of Covid-19 disease, according to the international medical journal Thorax.more

Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancermore

Beginning on Thursday in France, 12-17 year olds will also have to present a certificate of vaccination against Covid-19 or a negative coronavirus test result when entering public places.more

Researchers from Oxford University set out to discover more about long Covid, and found that a startling one-third of people who caught the virus were still experiencing one or more symptoms between three and six months after being diagnosed.more

Health Minister Sajid Javid has ordered the NHS to significantly relax control measures in English hospitals to help deal with the treatment backlog. This move was made after the recommendation of the UK Health Security Agency, which concluded that it does not pose a threat to the safety of doctors and patients.more

In western Germany, in Hesse, Asian tiger mosquitoes appeared. This invasive species is considered a potential carrier of dangerous diseases. A few years ago, mosquitoes were called “the deadliest animals in the world” by Bill Gates.more

Families who lost loved ones to Covid-19 have appealed for more “urgency” from Downing Street after a face-to-face meeting with Boris Johnson.more

There are more and more pregnant patients with diagnosed lethal fetal defects in psychiatrists' offices. However, there is no question of issuing an automatic opinion needed to conduct a legal abortion - reports today "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more