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The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines fell below 20 percent a few months after vaccination, with booster shots seeing effectiveness drop below 30 percent. The review, published in the JAMA Network journal on May 3, analyzed 40 studies estimating vaccine effectiveness (VE) over time against laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection and symptomatic disease. The studies were selected from 799 original articles, 149 reviews published in peer-reviewed journals, and 35 preprints. The review found that the vaccine effectiveness of a primary vaccination cycle against the Omicron infection and symptomatic disease was lower than 20 percent at 6 months from the administration of the last dose.…

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus more blood pressure checks and the contraceptive pill, directly from pharmacies under proposals to tackle the crisis in GP surgeries. Those suffering from earache, a sore throat, sinusitis, impetigo, shingles, infected insect bites, and uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women are set to be prescribed medicine by pharmacists without the need to see a doctor or nurse for the first time. The reforms, to be set out by the government and NHS England in a primary care plan on Tuesday, are designed to free up 15m GP…

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha must have enjoyed better bank holiday Mondays. But the Leicester owner, who saw his side ripped apart by a rampant Fulham team that were unlucky to find themselves only 3-0 up at half-time thanks to goals from Willian, Carlos Vinícius and Tom Cairney, may fear that the worst is yet to come. While Dean Smith pointed to the way his players briefly fought back after Cairney made it four through consolation goals from Harvey Barnes and a James Maddison penalty, a missed spot-kick from Jamie Vardy and another goal for the evergreen Willian only rubbed salt into the Leicester wounds.…

A coronation washout is forecast for many this weekend with rain and drizzle likely to provide a quintessentially British backdrop to the royal pomp and pageantry. Saturday, the day of the formal ceremony, is forecast by the Met Office to be a cloudy and wet day for many, including in the capital around midday, just as King Charles III is being crowned. Showers are likely to develop in central, eastern and northern areas, as well as across Northern Ireland, but not expected to be as intense or as heavy as those on Friday. The Met Office’s deputy chief forecaster, Steven Keates, said:…

Napoli have won their first Scudetto since 1990 after Victor Osimhen’s second-half goal secured a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday night. They came within six minutes of securing the title on Sunday, but drew with Salernitana, meaning that Lazio had a mathematical chance to overtake the runaway leaders. That chance has now disappeared, with Napoli’s lead now at 16 points with just five games remaining in the season. Sandi Lovrić’s clinical finish from inside the penalty area on 13 minutes rocked Luciano Spalletti’s side, who struggled to create chances at the other end, although Osimhen threatened with a couple…

PHILIPPINES MARCOS JR. SAYS US TIES ‘NORMAL’ – his government and China were slowly inching toward a solution  Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said that relations between Washington and Manila were back on a “normal road of partnership.” Speaking to a U.S. think-tank during a visit to Washington in which he met this week with President Joe Biden, Marcos said bilateral ties now need to evolve to make them more responsive to present and emerging challenges. Marcos Jr said on Thursday that his government and China were slowly inching toward a solution in an energy exploration dispute in the South…

SUNAK GIVES FIRST REACTION TO TORY ‘HAMMERING’ ‘Alarm Bells’ ring in Conservative Party HQ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results with voters punishing his party over political scandals, sluggish economic growth and high inflation, early results showed on Friday. So far the Tories have lost control of nine councils while Labour have made key gains.  Keir Starmer has told Labour councillors and supporters they “blew the doors off” as he celebrated victory in Medway, which the party won for the first time this morning. He said Labour “are having fantastic results across…

SUDAN ARMY IS PREPARED TO CEASE FIGHTING “IMMEDIATELY” –  On condition that the Rapid Support Forces lay down arms first Sudan’s army is prepared to cease fighting “immediately” should the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) lay down arms first, Sudan’s ambassador to Ethiopia said during a press conference in Addis Ababa. Despite multiple ceasefire declarations, the two sides appeared to be battling for control of territory in the capital Khartoum ahead of proposed talks, though the leaders of both factions have shown little public willingness to negotiate after more than two weeks of fighting. The Sudanese army on Thursday…

TRUMP SAYS IF HE WERE PRESIDENT, HE’D END UKRAINE WAR ‘IN 24 HOURS’ Trump is confident he will win the 2024 Elections Former U.S. President Donald Trump said that if he were still president, he’d have ended the Russian-Ukrainian war in “24 hours”. Trump made the remarks during an interview with British television channel GB News. The 45th President said he would use his personal relationships with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to help bring an end to the conflict in a single day. Trump has outlined his intentions to run for president ahead of the…

SECURITY BULKS UP OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AS CORONATION NEARS The UK gears up for a new King to be coronated Security was tight around Buckingham Palace today as the UK gears up for a new King to be coronated. King Charles will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance on Saturday (May 6), after he became monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September.