Vaccine

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (John Thys/Pool/AP)

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer vaccine

May 8, 2021

The JCVI has raised the age threshold for an alternative to the AstraZeneca jab to 40 after the MHRA reported new figures on blood clots last week (Yui Mok/PA)

All you need to know as age threshold for alternative to AstraZeneca jab raised

May 7, 2021

Under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (Yui Mok/PA)

Covid-19: Under-40s to get alternative jab to AstraZeneca

May 7, 2021

All under-40s are to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in a precautionary move (Yui Mok/PA)

All under-40s to be offered alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine

May 7, 2021

Olympic stars like Dina Asher-Smith are set to be offered Covid vaccines (Mike Egerton/PA)

Sport

Covid vaccines available to Olympic athletes after IOC strikes deal with Pfizer

May 6, 2021

A banner opposing the Olympics is placed by protesters in Tokyo (AP)

Anti-Olympics petition in Japan gains tens of thousands of signatures

May 6, 2021

The Bank of England has forecast the economy will grow this year at its fastest pace since the Second World War as Britain stages a vaccine-fuelled recovery (PA)

Britain set for best growth since Second World War, says Bank of England

May 6, 2021

(Yui Mok/PA)

Black adults aged 50-plus least likely to have received Covid jab

May 6, 2021

Professor Sharon Peacock said there was no hint that virus variants could avoid current vaccines (PA Wire)

No hint that Covid variants can fully evade vaccines, says scientist

May 6, 2021

Vials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine (PA)

New study assesses rare blood clot link to Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

May 6, 2021

A healthcare worker injects a man with a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in Puerto Rico (Carlos Giusti/AP)

Moderna to provide 500m vaccine doses for Covax programme

May 3, 2021