Far-right lures recruits using COVID-19 conspiracy theories, alongside misogyny, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia, says study

Anti-COVID vaccine dad loses battle with ex-wife over whether to get their children inoculated

Doctor dismantles typical COVID vaccine hesitancy arguments by putting forward alternative scenario

MIT Scientists Find Clues to Why Fake News Snowballs on Social Media

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Moderna says booster produces strong antibody response to Omicron

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Piers Corbyn arrested after urging public to ‘burn MPs’ offices’

UK scientists: bring in curbs now or face up to 2m daily Covid infections as Omicron spreads

Mass rapid tests in Liverpool cut hospital stays by a third

Op-Ed: How can we prevent a second winter of despair with Omicron?

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Israel bans foreigners from entering country to stop Omicron variant

Novavax and Serum Institute of India Announce World Health Organization Grants Emergency Use Listing for NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 Vaccine

Antecedents of Vaccine Hesitancy in WEIRD and East Asian Contexts

How neighbours and communities are divided over COVID-19 in this rural Alberta county

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Convalescent plasma not efficacious in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Reduced Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant by Vaccine Sera and monoclonal antibodies

Omicron was already spreading in the Netherlands before it had a name. Could it have European origins?

COVID news live: Record number of boosters given out for second day - as Whitty predicts Omicron wave will 'peak quite fast'

Vaccination among the pregnant lagging despite growing evidence of safety and efficacy

Proposal to split B.1.1.529 to incorporate a newly characterised sibling lineage

Matt Morgan: Caring for unvaccinated patients

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How COVID vaccines shaped 2021 in eight powerful charts

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine boosters induce neutralizing immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Persistent Covid-related absence leaves pupils lagging – Ofsted

Deliberation in health-related headlines

Omicron blindspots: why it’s hard to track coronavirus variants

Reduced Incidence of Long-COVID Symptoms Related to Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines Both Before COVID-19 Diagnosis and Up to 12 Weeks After

New Study Finds Vaccine Dose Timing Reduces Risk of Long-COVID in Unvaccinated Patients

SARS-Cov-2 immune waning and reinfection in care-home settings

Omicron likely to accelerate death toll in Europe, says health agency

Covid: UK reports highest daily cases since the pandemic began

Replicating scientific results is tough — but essential

Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection

Musicals, plays and pantos cancel shows after Covid-19 outbreaks

NSW COVID-19 cases hit three-month high, 1,360 new infections reported

When public officials spread health misinformation, be quick to point it out: A tip sheet

Tackling COVID disinformation with empathy and conversation

Pandemic Fatigue and Populism: The Development of Pandemic Fatigue during the COVID-19 Pandemic and How It Fuels Political Discontent across Eight Western Democracies

Screening and vaccination against COVID-19 to minimize school closure

Public Health Messaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons from Communication Science

Let’s do better: public representations of COVID-19 science

Cognitive and affective processes of prosociality

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Covid-19 and pregnancy: vaccine hesitancy and how to overcome it

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Unwillingness to have booster vaccine most common in groups with highest infection rates

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The effect of mandatory COVID-19 certificates on vaccine uptake: synthetic-control modelling of six countries

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Schools and childcare services to get up to €72m for ventilation

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SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant (Omicron) evades neutralization by sera from vaccinated and convalescent individuals

Emotion Regulation in Times of COVID-19: A Person-Centered Approach Based on Self-Determination Theory

Doctors weigh COVID-19 impact on children as vaccine drives ramp up

‘It’s misinformation at worst.’ Weak health studies can do more harm than good, scientists say

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Changes in the trajectory of Long Covid symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination: community-based cohort study

Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame

Six new community COVID-19 cases recorded on the Gold Coast, closing school

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England Covid infection rates doubled in over-65s between September and October

Covid ‘vaxathon’: over 2.5% of New Zealanders get jabbed in one day

Judgments of truth are independently modulated by affect and repetition

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Plan B shows Britain is still chasing Covid. Here’s how we can get ahead of it

Critics of petition against COVID-19 measures say it is grounded in hyperbole and misinformation

Boris Johnson rushes in Covid plan B amid Christmas party scandal

Omicron Covid cases may be far higher than currently confirmed, variant marker analysis reveals

The role of emotions on policy support and environmental advocacy

Vaccinating to protect others: The role of self-persuasion and empathy among young adults

Disruptiveness of COVID-19: Differences in Course Engagement, Self-appraisal, and Learning

Loneliness in Scottish Adolescents Before, During and After the First National UK Lockdown

A Darkening Spring: How Preexisting Distrust Shaped COVID-19 Skepticism

The effects of President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis on hoax beliefs and risk perceptions of the virus in the U.S.

Considerations Underlying Parents’ Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines for Their Child: Evidence from Denmark

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64 of 150 guests tested positive for Omicron after a high school lunch in Denmark, the latest in a string of spreading events

Omicron is supercharging the COVID vaccine booster debate

Hippos with runny noses test positive for COVID-19 at Belgian zoo

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Comparison of Saliva and Mid-Turbinate Swabs for Detection of COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals: measurement, causes and impact

Antivaccine activists use a government database on side effects to scare the public

“Immune Boosting” in the time of COVID: selling immunity on Instagram

Classroom carbon dioxide levels up to three times above watchdog guidelines

A COVID-19 peptide vaccine for the induction of SARS-CoV-2 T cell immunity

Fake covid-19 vaccine certificates are being sold on the dark web

Majority of public in Europe support Covid vaccine passports – survey

Default change nudges Covid-19 vaccine uptake: a randomized controlled trial

THL recommends coronavirus vaccinations for at-risk children aged 5 to 11 years, for the entire age group require more information on safety

An upper bound on one-to-one exposure to infectious human respiratory particles

Covid-19: Antibody boost after third dose varies greatly by vaccine, study finds

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COVID-19 vaccine intentions in Australia

EU regulator gives green light for Pfizer shot to children as young as 5

FTSE 100 hit by biggest fall since June 2020 amid new variant fears

BioNTech says it could tweak Covid vaccine in 100 days if needed

Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Chris Whitty: Public would need to back more Covid curbs

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South African anger over ‘rushed’ Covid travel restrictions

Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and Pulmonary Embolism After BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in People Aged 75 Years or Older

First case of Omicron variant in Italy. The ISS: "Sequence identified in the positive patient in Campania"

American vaccine misinformation and extremism are infiltrating New Zealand

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