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Most people who are reluctant to be vaccinated against Covid are worried about side-effects and whether the vaccines have been adequately tested, a survey in 15 countries has shown. Other reasons cited in the survey of 68,000 people, led by Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation in collaboration with YouGov, were the uncertainty that people would not get the vaccine they preferred and worries about efficacy. The survey was carried out in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Excluding eligibility, the top reasons...

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration for full approval of its shots for use for adults 18 and older. “We are pleased to announce this important step in the U.S. regulatory process for a Biologics License Application (BLA) of our COVID-19 vaccine,” said Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel. “We look forward to working with the FDA and will continue to submit data from our Phase 3 study and complete the rolling submission.” The company will supply the FDA with additional safety data on a rolling basis over the coming weeks. It is only the second vaccine...

Nearly half of all Britons polled said they backed employers demanding staff be vaccinated against the Chinese coronavirus in order to keep their jobs. A YouGov poll from Tuesday found that 49 per cent of respondents said that workplaces should be allowed to “insist that their employees get the coronavirus vaccine when they are offered it”. Only 36 per cent said that “they should not be allowed to insist”.

Megyn Kelly and Chris Cuomo are warring on Twitter after Cuomo retweeted a video mocking Kelly for calling out Democrats’ pleas for unity after the election. “OMG [Chris] I totally thought this was you doing more terrible acting like when you had COVID (while your brother was killing off 6k seniors) &, after exposing half [your] neighborhood while not wearing your mask, did your fake emergence from the basement!” she replied, referencing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of the pandemic. Kelly, whose podcast debuted at No. 1 last month, told Page Six of Chris, “The chief nurse assisting CNN’s suicide during...

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney, long expected to glide to a smooth victory in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary, bumped through a rough patch on voting day, trying to deflect his rivals’ portrayal of him as a business vulture who enjoys laying off workers. When Romney reached out for a supporter’s infant daughter at a polling place, someone in the crowd shouted, “Are you going to fire the baby?” Still, Romney was looking for a big win Tuesday night that could contribute to a sense that his campaign for the GOP nomination may be unstoppable, despite some foot-in-mouth moments. His...

MT. PLEASANT, Iowa - The most wide-open presidential race in a half century pushed unpredictably into a decisive new phase Wednesday, the rhetoric a bit more pointed and the appeals a tad more urgent in the final run-up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. "This is crunch time," said former Democratic Sen. John Edwards, and he spoke for all. In a race without front-runners, a brief Christmas lull yielded quickly in both early-voting states to a new round of subtle digs, outright criticism, fresh TV ads and stepped-up efforts by independent organizations. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, surprise...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Democratic presidential contender John Edwards on Monday criticized former President Clinton, arguing that he allowed corporate insiders to shape the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement that has cost U.S. jobs. Edwards' complaints about the former president beloved by voters in his own party was a defiant move meant to highlight rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's relationship with special interests. It comes two days after Clinton refused Edwards' challenge to stop taking campaign donations from lobbyists, saying many represent good causes. "It's time that the president stood up and fought for American workers," Edwards told a crowd...

Hopes have been raised of a new treatment to free thousands of diabetes sufferers from the burden of daily insulin injections. Scientists revealed findings of a study which shows that 15 young patients with type one diabetes overcame their dependence on insulin after being treated with their own stem cells

Those flu jabs could be a waste of time, says expert By Celia Hall, Medical Editor Last Updated: 2:33am BST 27/10/2006 An expert in infectious disease has called into question the usefulness of the multi-million pound annual flu vaccination campaign. The programme, which will provide 15.2 million doses to protect against flu this winter, may have little impact on hospital admissions, days off work, absence from school and deaths, he claims. This year the Government spent £1.5 million on the advertising campaign and the vaccination programme will cost £150 million in England. It offers flu vaccine to anyone over 65...