Vaccines

Those eligible for the flu vaccine are being urged to take up the offer as soon as they can.

The full list of everyone eligible for the free flu vaccine

Measles is a highly contagious viral infection.

How to get the MMR vaccine - as one in five children unprotected

Whooping cough can have serious and deadly consequences for young babies.

How to get the whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy

Over 300,000 more people will now be eligible for the shingles vaccine.

You could be eligible for the shingles vaccine - check new criteria

From January next year children will be eligible for the chickenpox vaccine.

This is when your child will be able to get the chickenpox vaccine

The Chikungunya virus is spread by mosquitoes.

How to avoid catching the Chikungunya virus on holiday

With cases on the rise, this is how to tell the difference between hay fever and Covid symptoms.

How to tell the difference between hay fever and Covid as cases rise

Covid cases have been on the rise in the UK.

Covid symptoms to look out for after Easter as cases rise

Symptoms of the cold, flu and Covid can be similar.

New Covid variant on the rise - the symptoms you shouldn't ignore

The spring Covid booster vaccination programme is currently underway.

Warning over slump in elderly getting spring Covid boosters

Flu cases have risen at Peterborough City Hospital

Flu warning to Peterborough residents as cases spike across the country

Cases of Covid are on the rise thanks to the new XEC Covid variant.

'Covid: symptoms and new variants explained as hospitalisations rise

Symptoms of the cold, flu and Covid can be similar.

Is it cold, flu or Covid? Latest symptoms to watch out for

The NHS are asking people to protect themselves from a 'tripledemic' of RSV, Covid and flu this winter.

What is the 'tripledemic'? Cold, flu and RSV risks explained

The NHS will be starting the Covid autumn vaccine programme this autumn.

Who is eligible for the Covid vaccine as cases of XEC variant rise

You should get advice from 111 as soon as possible if you think you have shingles

Shingles vaccine: who is eligible and is shingles contagious?
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The RSV vaccination programme has launched across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. (Photo: Gustavo Fring/Pexels)

What is the RSV vaccine and who is eligible?

Monkeypox pathogen. Credit: UKHS

Mpox UK: who is eligible for the monkeypox vaccine?

The WHO has declared a global health emergency over a mpox outbreak. (Photo: Pixabay, CDC/Getty Images)

Mpox: signs and symptoms as WHO declares global health emergency

FLuQE is a new Covid variant that has been driving new cases. (Photo: Pexels, CDC)

KP3 Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLuQE rise

A new Covid variant has caused an increase in hospital admissions across the UK. (Photo: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Summer Covid symptoms as cases of new variant FLiRT increase

What we know about the new COVID FLiRT variants including symptoms

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)

Breaking Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

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The Vaccines announce new album and UK tour - how to buy tickets

A nurse prepares a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Covid and flu jabs to be brought forward over emergence of new variant

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

Breaking 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

Covid-19 booster jabs will be ooffered to ‘vulnberable’ people this spring

Covid-19 booster jabs to be offered to most vulnerable this spring

Huge vaccinations drive ahead as winter ‘twindemic’ looms

Vaccines are the best defence against severe disease and death, says the WHO (Photo: Getty Images)

Worst of Omicron wave ‘done with’ says WHO - but pandemic far from over

The vaccination centre in Queensgate.

Walk-in booster jabs available at Queensgate from next week

A walk in session is being held on Christmas Eve

Get vaccinated at Queensgate Christmas Eve booster walk in session

Do you think the Covid vaccine passport is a good thing?

Peterborough’s COVID vaccination record broken on Saturday as city battles to st...

Nation urged to get Covid booster jab ‘to protect freedom and Christmas’ - what ...

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One in eight care workers in Peterborough still not vaccinated

Covid booster vaccines may not be necessary for everyone in the UK, the head of AstraZeneca has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid booster vaccines may not be needed for everyone in the UK, says AstraZenec...

Festival-goers will be able to get a vaccine as easily as a burger or a beer (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid jabs on line-up as ‘vaccine tent’ opens at Reading and Leeds festivals

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

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

A member of the public receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the Turbine Hall at a temporary Covid-19 vaccine centre at the Tate Modern in central London (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Vaccines could be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds as JCVI guidance set to be upda...

Vaccine take up rates in Peterborough remain low compared to much of the rest of the country

Authorities working to boost Peterborough’s low vaccine take up rate

More than 4.2 million people aged between 18 and 29 have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in England (Photo: Getty Images)

Half of under 30s in England vaccinated against Covid after ‘grab a jab’ weekend

The Thomas Walker Surgery on Princes Street.

Walk-in Covid jabs available in Peterborough this weekend as vaccine push contin...

Ministers are reportedly preparing to announce that care home workers in England will be required to have mandatory Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccines set to be made a requirement for care home staff in England

Vaccine take up has been slow in some areas of Peterborough

MP’s concern at slow vaccine take up rate in Peterborough

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COVID vaccine centre to open in Boots in Peterborough

Vaccines

Peterborough’s vaccine take up rate remains far below UK rate - but no explanati...

More than 2000 confirmed cases of ‘Indian variant’ in the UK, Matt Hancock tells MPs (Photo: PA, House of Commons)

More than 2000 confirmed cases of ‘Indian variant’ in the UK, Matt Hancock tells...

The Moderna vaccine is the third to be approved for use in the UK, and is now being given to patients in England. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Vaccines rolled out to all over-40s in England - how to book your appointment

A shocking new video has brought to life the horrific working conditions of donk...

Gordon Brown has called for the mass vaccination of the world to be the primary focus of the G7 summit (Photos: Getty Images and Shutterstock)

UK and other wealthy countries should help pay for global vaccination, Gordon Br...

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout timeline explained (Photo: Shutterstock)

Over-50s should receive Covid vaccine ‘within the next few weeks’ - the rollout ...