A new study identifies a mechanism for how COVID vaccines may, in infrequent cases, drive heart inflammation, a condition that can be caused by the disease itself

Researchers found that Covid vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room and urgent care visits by 56% to 76%. Some federal health officials have sowed doubt about the shots.

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The agency claimed that 10 children’s deaths were linked to the shots, although it did not release evidence to support the assertions.

Donald Macaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care, told BBC Scotland a "measured" approach could avoid routine mask wearing in the care homes, which he said were different from NHS settings. Earlier this week it was revealed hospital admissions for flu had increased from 860 to 986, according to figures from Public Health Scotland (PHS).

The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes.

Eleven people were indicted after federal officials say they orchestrated a scheme to steal more than $2.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds meant to support small businesses struggling during the pandemic.

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Children who were vaccinated against Covid-19 last season had a “substantially lower risk” of emergency department and urgent care visits related to the virus, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.