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Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA.
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Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.
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Some of those leading the nation's vaccination effort have told of their experiences.
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Evidence suggests the variant that emerged in the UK may be more deadly as well as faster-spreading.
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The UK's chief medical adviser warns that "a very small change and it could start taking off again".
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The chief medical officer warns that in some ages groups Covid cases may still be going up.
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The UK chief scientific adviser says data suggests a higher death rate among those infected with the new variant.
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Health experts keep discussing the value of R, but what is it and why does it matter?
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A special unit set up by the Crown Office is looking into Covid deaths involving 474 care homes across Scotland.
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Around one in 10 patients admitted to intensive care is now being sent to a different hospital.
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Dr Nighat Araf records messages in Urdu and Punjabi, urging people to trust the Covid jab.
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The world's first coronavirus quarantine began in Wuhan a year ago - how has China changed since then?
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They say the devices, which are used in local councils, have a key role to play in the battle against Covid.
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Doctors say people should buy a pulse oximeter to monitor their oxygen levels at home.
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Around 200 vaccines are being given every minute, the health secretary tells the Commons.
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Researchers warn that unless something changes, hospitals will continue facing significant pressure.
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Many argue the positives outweigh the negatives when it comes to gaming and mental health
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Israel is likely to be the first country to see an impact from vaccination - but it is still too early.
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More work is needed to understand its benefits in schools in England given the new variant, health officials say.
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The vaccines will be offered to existing high-priority groups and hospital staff on night shifts.
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A hospital apologises to Rachael Foley after she underwent a hysterectomy following the error.
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Delays to smear tests in lockdown prompt cervical cancer charities to call for home-testing kits.
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The BBC's James Cook returns to Monklands Hospital eight months on to find the staff struggling against the odds.
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Services and waiting times must improve at the NHS's child gender-identity service, inspectors say.
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Some people who need urgent help appear to be staying away, as in the first peak, say researchers.
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Meet the artists shaping graphic medicine - a genre of comics focused on the experience of living with mental illness.
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Cancer patient Luke Grenfell-Shaw completes the first part of his round-the-world challenge.
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The total number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test during the pandemic is now above 90,000.
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Senior mortician Hannah Leahy says the level of Covid fatalities is taking its toll on staff the Royal London Hospital.
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Top medical adviser suggests schools in England may reopen region by region after lockdown.
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Mainland Scotland and some islands to remain under toughest coronavirus rules until at least mid-February.
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Activity at a paediatric intensive care unit in Leicester is being moved to Birmingham.
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Some 10% of the UK population is showing signs of recent infection, a doubling since October, says ONS.
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University of Edinburgh scientists are a step closer to being able to reverse the damage caused by MND.
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Sickness levels have risen at Shropshire's hospitals, with staff also shielding or self-isolating.
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Oxford says the "public cannot get enough of experts" with a £100m donation for antibiotics research.
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It accuses richer nations of a "me-first" approach to Covid vaccine, and hoarding precious supplies.
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Martin Freeborn's wife, Helen, lost her fight against Covid at the Royal London Hospital, where staff are struggling to cope with rising admissions.
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More than five million more people will be offered a jab as 10 new mass vaccination hubs open in England.
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Vaccine Minister Nadhim Zahawi says there are still "a number of caveats" to reopening.
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Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid death toll but has seen delay and discord over vaccines.
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Ambulance service staff in London explain the unique pressures of working during a pandemic.
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Clusters of deaths in the first wave unexpectedly showed up in rural parts of Wales.
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One doctor tells her story of battling the pandemic alone in Yemen after her colleagues fled.
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Kori, from Ripley in Derbyshire, was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
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But Sir Simon Stevens says the health service has never been in a more precarious situation.
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The chief executive of NHS England is optimistic about vaccinating all adults before Autumn this year.
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The foreign secretary added there would be a crackdown on those failing to isolate after travelling abroad.
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It comes as the government urges people to "play their part" in helping to meet vaccination targets.
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Lockdown has seen an increase in children under 11 seeking counselling according to the NSPCC.