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The message from Israel is clear: Covid booster shots should be standard
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In the summer, Israel began offering third doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to the over-60s. It was the first country to start administering “booster shots”, to people vaccinated at least five months previously. T...
Watch for changed behaviour, be empathic, know your limits: how to be a mental health first aider
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You may have a fairly good idea of what to do if someone breaks an arm, or even stops breathing, but could you spot the signs of poor mental health in a friend, relation or colleague? Mental health first aid is an ide...
More than half of the Covid cases who died at home in NSW were unknown to health authorities
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A leading epidemiologist has expressed concern at the number of Covid-positive people dying at home in Australia without having a test for the virus. Associate Prof Sanjaya Senanayake from the Australian National Univ...
Antibodies in breast milk remain for 10 months after Covid infection – study
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Breastfeeding women who have been infected with Covid-19 continue to secrete virus-neutralising antibodies into their milk for up to 10 months, data suggests. Besides emphasising the important role breastfeeding could...
Australia Covid live news update: NSW outlines reopening plan as state records 787 cases, 12 deaths; Victoria 705 cases, one death
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ACT eases some restrictions after recording 19 cases, one death; Gladys Berejiklian announces 11 October as day NSW restrictions ease after state records 787 cases and 12 deaths; Victoria records one death and 705 cas...
Haiti deportations justified because of Covid, Biden homeland secretary says
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The US homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s decision to send thousands of Haitians to a home country they fled because of natural disasters and political turmo...
New York may use national guard to replace unvaccinated health workers
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The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, is considering using the national guard and out-of-state medical workers to fill hospital staffing shortages, as tens of thousands of workers are unlikely to meet a Monday deadl...
Uncontrolled Spread review: Trump’s first FDA chief on the Covid disaster
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Covid deaths in the US have passed 680,000. More than 2,000 lives are lost every day. The south and south-east are the new killing fields, intensive care units operate at near capacity, vaccination rates stall. In Flo...