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The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Texas STAAR results improve in math and reading after pandemic dips

There had been fear that after another school year of COVID-19 disruptions, scores would not improve.

The Texas Tribune

The number of Covid cases at Nottinghamshire hospitals as UK infections jump by 30%

One hospital trust has reintroduced facemasks

Nottingham Post

Covid NI: Self-isolation guidance relaxed and lateral flow test availability extended

The Health Minister said the updated advice "seeks to strike the right balance at this stage of the pandemic"

Belfast Live

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The Daily Biotech Pulse: FDA Wants Omicron-Targeted COVID-19 Boosters, Provention Bio Clears Hits Hurdle For Diabetes Prevention Drug, Oxford Biomedica, AstraZeneca Strike Vaccine Pact

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Benzinga

FDA Turns Down NRx Pharmaceuticals' Emergency Use Submission For Covid-19 Candidate

The U.S.

Benzinga

Coronavirus and summer travel: how to stay safe on holiday

With infection rates rising again in the UK, should you test before you fly – and do you need a mask?

The Guardian - UK

COVID cases up by more than 30% in Britain last week

The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants

The Independent UK

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UK Covid infections jump by more than half a million in a week with hospital admissions also up

Highest number of infections since late April recorded

Chronicle Live

FDA Expert Panel Favors COVID-19 Boosters Targeting Omicron BA.4, BA.5 Subvariants

The FDA's independent experts voted to include a SARS-CoV-2 omicron component in COVID-19 vaccines that would be used for boosters in the U.S. beginning in fall 2022. The panel has advised manufacturers to develop modified vaccines that add an omicron BA.4/5 spike protein component to the current vaccine composition to create a…

Benzinga

England vs India: James Anderson removes both openers before rain disrupts day one of Edgbaston Test

England’s James Anderson struck twice to reduce India to 53 for two as rain brought about an early lunch on the first day of the rearranged fifth Test at Edgbaston.

Evening Standard

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Boris Johnson on first trip to the UK since Covid

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern met with Boris Johnson at Downing Street on Friday on her first visit to Britain since the Covid pandemic.

Evening Standard

Warning as UK Covid-19 cases soar 32% to 2.3 million with new variants blamed

Signs of an increase in intensive care admissions as growth of BA.4 and BA.5 variants fuels rise in all ages

Wales Online

COVID vaccines work well for people of all body weights – but underweight and obesity remain risk factors for severe disease

Since the pandemic began, more than 6 million people have died from COVID around the world. The good news is that we now have a wide range of treatments as well as highly effective vaccines which have helped reduce the number of severe COVID cases.

The Conversation

Coach party held after ‘unlawful’ Met intervention

A coach party from Bournemouth which was held for three hours by the Metropolitan Police under Covid laws may have been unlawfully blocked from entering London, it has emerged.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Covid-19 infections in UK jump by more than half a million in a week

Total infections are now at levels last seen in late April.

Evening Standard

Fears early flu wave could collide with rising Covid and monkeypox cases

Health experts have sounded the alarm over waning population immunity to the flu virus ahead of the winter months

Daily Mirror

EastEnders’ Louisa Lytton finally getting married this weekend in Italy after two years

Former EastEnders star Louisa Lytton has had to postpone her wedding to Ben Bhanvra three times over the last two years due to the coronavirus pandemic but is now set to wed

The Independent UK

Covid cases in the UK have risen by more than 30 per cent

2.3 million estimated infections last week in UK, says Office for National Statistics

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Daily Record

Getting a sick note to cover work absence is now easier after rule change

More medical professionals will be able to provide people with a sick note from today.

The Independent UK

Aer Lingus cancels 11 more flight amid soaring Covid cases

Irish airline has seen daily cancellations from Dublin this week

The Japan News/Yomiuri

COVID-19 cases rising nationwide

COVID-19 cases are trending upward across Japan, according to a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry advisory panel monitoring the status of the pandemic.

Irish Mirror

Covid Ireland: Cork and Galway among nine worst-hit virus hotspots as 'summer wave' hits

The figures do not paint a full picture of the scale of the situation as they rely on free HSE PCR tests.

Evening Standard

Covid: What is the new BA.5 subvariant and what are the symptoms?

The coronavirus subvariant is spreading rapidly across the UK with case numbers rising

Benzinga

Oxford Biomedica Inks New Three Year Deal To Make AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine

Oxford Biomedica plc (OTC:OXBDF) signed a new three-year agreement to potentially make AstraZeneca Plc's (NASDAQ:AZN) COVID-19 vaccine beyond 2022. The new agreement represents an expansion of the original master supply and development agreement announced between the two companies in September 2020. The manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines at Oxford Biomedica's Oxbox facility, as part of the…

Daily Record

Scotland’s largest independent music festival held in Stirling each year will return later this month for the first time in three years due to the Covid pandemic. The popular Doune the Rabbit Hole festival is gearing up to return to Cardross Estate,

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