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Dr Pete Ellis

Friday: Keeping It Up: The Story of Viagra (BBC Two, 9pm)

Two scientists credited with making major breakthroughs in the development of mRNA vaccine to fight Covid-19 have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

Covid-19 booster injections will be offered to some this spring

Everything you need to know about spring 2023 Covid-19 booster jabs

Tens of thousands will once again gather for the aritime Festival.

Pop-up COVID vaccine clinic at Maritime Festival in Derry

Jennifer Taylor (Marketing Manager, Richmond Centre) and Siobhan O’Donnell (Senior Manager for Health Improvement and Involvement, Western Health and Social Care Trust) ahead of the Western Trust’s pop-up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic which will be held at the Richmond Centre on Saturday June 25th. The walk-in clinic will run from 10.30am until 5.00pm on the day, with no booking required.

Pop-up Covid vaccination clinic in Derry next weekend

Covid 19 vaccine

Covid 19 vaccinations to be offered in Foyleside Shopping Centre on Easter Tuesd...

Vaccinations for children from aged 5 and over have now been approved.

Pfizer vaccinations for children aged 5-11 in Northern Ireland approved

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Young people aged 12-17 urged to get Covid Vaccine over half-term

Paul and Louise McElvaney, founders, Learning Pool.

Derry e-learning leader Learning Pool buys New York firm

The JCVI recommended vaccinating vulnerable children in December (Photo: Getty Images)

How Covid vaccinations could be used to stop UK school disruption

A Covid vaccine booster which is aimed at tackling multiple variants of the virus has shown promise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine booster tackling multiple variants shows promise, suggests trial d...

Paxlovid has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (Photo: Shutterstock)

New oral Covid antiviral treatment given approval for use in UK

Foyle Arena.

When is Foyle Arena vaccine hub in Derry open over New Year?

Pregnant women should be given priority for the Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Pregnant women given priority for Covid jabs due to ‘high risk’

Millions of pounds worth of Derry public servants' pension contributions have been invested in the German biotech company BioNTech

Derry workers' pensions invested in vaccine producer BioNTech
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Derry public servants' pension contributions have been invested in the German biotech company BioNTech which developed the mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 with Pfizer.
Kevin Mullan

A member of the public receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNtech vaccine at a vaccination centre (Getty Images)

Two jabs offer little protection against Omicron - but boosters up to 75% effect...

Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Covid vaccines should still protect against severe illness from Omicron - WHO sa...

Booster vaccines should protect people against Omicron, new study suggests

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Karen Hargan

Derry, Omagh and Enniskillen centres opening for COVID Booster Jabs

Pharmaceutical firms are working to tweak vaccines against new Omicron variant

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

Second dose Covid vaccine clinics in Derry, Strabane, Greysteel from this week

Doctor withdrawing medication from Coronavirus vaccine tube

COVID-19 booster vaccines in Northern Ireland: Who is eligible? Where will you g...

Vaccination Clinic

Pop-up vaccination clinics open in Inishowen this week

Molunpiravir has been shown to cut the risk of hospital admission or death by 50% among at-risk adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two new Covid antiviral drugs secured to protect most at-risk this winter Claire Schofield

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has given an update regarding the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the UK at a Downing Street press conference (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images and Shutterstock)

Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces government’s Covid Plan B ‘will not be im...

Children aged 12 to 15 in the UK are now eligible to receive a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

Giving kids second jab could prevent thousands of long Covid cases

Moderna found its Covid vaccine can wane in protection over time (Photo: Shutterstock)

Moderna backs Covid boosters after warning jab protection fades

The scientist behind the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has said giving booster jabs to everyone is unnecessary, and instead calls for doses to be sent to countries in need (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster jabs not needed for everyone, says Oxford vaccine creator

The risk of thrombocytopenia is almost nine times higher in someone infected with coronavirus compared to one vaccine dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Risk of blood clots 9 times higher from Covid infection than the vaccine

Covid protection could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly and healthcare workers by winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Protection from Covid vaccines starts to wane within 6 months

The vaccine doses will be delivered in the second half of next year (Photo: Getty Images)

UK secures 35m more Pfizer vaccine doses to ‘future-proof’ country from

Western Trust staff and people awaiting vaccination at a previous clinic at Foyle Arena earlier this year. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.01.21

‘We are blown away’ : Over 1,500 first vaccines administered so far during Big J...

The Foyle Arena in St Columb’s Park. DER2126GS - 130

Final big push as walk-in vaccine clinics set to open at Foyle Arena in Derry

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

More people are being treated for eating disorders. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer vaccine effectiveness declines more quickly than AstraZeneca, finds study

Vaccinations.

Vaccine registration for 12 to 15 year olds in south of Ireland begins

The Foyle Arena in St Columb’s Park. DER2126GS - 130

Pfizer vaccinations for 16-17 year olds to start at Foyle Arena in Derry this Fr...

The last first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will be delivered at the Foyle Arena on Saturday.

Last first dose of Pfizer jab to be delivered at Foyle Arena in Derry on Saturda...

Health Minister Robin Swann.

Children as young as 12 to get COVID Pfizer vaccine in Northern Ireland if deeme...

Marion McAuley, Senior Nursing Assistant at the Foyle Arena.

Western Trust offering 'walk in' second jabs at Vaccination Centres

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Covid-19 ‘walk-in’ jab clinics available at Foyle Arena

There was a walk-in Covid-19 vaccination clinic for adults over 18 to receive first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at the Foyle Arena on Tuesday (File picture). DER2126GS - 152

Second walk-in COVID vaccine clinic for Derry after 120 slots filled in 90 minut...

Mixing vaccines can generate high levels of antibodies which can protect against Covid (Photo: Getty Images)

Mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines creates stronger immune response against ...

Noela Mullan, Podiatrist and Gemma Mullan Medical Student who are vaccinators at the Foyle Arena

Walk-in vaccination clinic for over 18 year olds at Foyle Arena in Derry tomorro...

Health Minister Robin Swann.

Almost 60% of adults in Northern Ireland now fully vaccinated against COVID as 2...

A woman receives a vaccine at the Chelsea F.C. pop up vaccine hub (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Period changes after Covid vaccine could be 'coincidence' despite 4,000 reports

Health Minister Robin Swann. (PressEye)

AstraZeneca vaccines for Under-40s paused at pharmacies in Northern Ireland : De...

Covid-19 continues to spread in the community.

Covid: still too early to let our guard down, says GP

Councillor Brian Tierney, former Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, previously visited the Covid -19 vaccination centre in the Foyle Arena where he met Western Health and Social Care Trust staff who are delivering the vaccine programme. Included are Dr. Alan McKinney who is one of the retired doctors to help during the pandemic, Anne McConnell, HR Director WHSCT and School nurse Geraldine Mulholland. Picture Martin McKeown. 28.01.21

Introduction of shorter interval between Covid vaccine doses

Health Minister Robin Swann

Pfizer COVID vaccine approval for children aged 12 to 15 welcomed by Robin Swann

The Delta variant is now dominant in the UK. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Study finds Pfizer vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels against Delta v...

The Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to be effective against the Indian variant, BioNTech boss has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer jab likely to be effective against Indian variant of Covid, says BioNTech...