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Decision to bring Covid jabs forward a month amid Pirola fears sparked unnecessary panic over cold-like virus

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The decision to accelerate the autumn Covid and flu vaccine rollouts increased anxiety over the virus, experts warned today.

Officials launched the programmes, which will see 30million offered a flu jab and 25million invited for a Covid vaccine, in September — a month earlier than planned, citing fears the Pirola variant would overwhelm the NHS.

But scientists told MailOnline that the ‘flip-flopping’ approach towards the start date created mistrust and ‘inevitably increased some people’s anxiety’.

Others also warned the rollout’s

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‘I’ll inject you right now!’: Channel 4 show exposes how easy it is to get hold of Ozempic with private clinics offering breakthrough weight loss jab without proper checks

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The ease with which Brits can access ‘game-changer’ slimming jabs has been laid bare in an eye-opening documentary.

An array of private clinics in London offered to dish out diabetes drug Ozempic — which has been shown to help users lose up to 33lbs — without proper health checks, with one site offering to ‘inject you right now’ during an initial consultation.

The show, fronted by Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson, found that two out of three private providers would

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Surprising ways to control your anxiety: From chewing gum to holding ice, how you can master the fears that grip so many of us

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Do you suffer from anxiety? If you do, you’re far from alone. 

You — like approximately 284 million people worldwide (and that’s just the cases we know about) — might have general anxiety, health anxiety, feelings of panic or social anxiety.

Anxiety is an emotional, psychological and physical experience. It’s essential to our survival, and it actually enhances our performance when we need it to.

But, when it becomes a problem, it interferes with normal day-to-day life. 

For many people,

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Brits may need to work earlier to avoid ‘uncomfortable’ heat

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Brits may need to work much earlier in the day to cope with ‘uncomfortable’ heat brought on by climate change, a new study claims. 

University of Oxford experts found the UK is one of the European countries that will have to adapt the most to cope with sweltering temperatures. 

Following the lead of some workplaces in southern European countries such as Spain, the British working day could start at 6am and finish at about 2pm. 

Brits could also follow the

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Henley revelers enjoy third day of the Oxford races

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Henley revellers were spotted making the most of the sunny weather and packing in some last-minute tipples while the third day of the regatta came to a close. 

Glamourous attendees and their dates headed home with drinks in hand alongside the riverbank as the cleaning crew got to work. 

The rowing event, which was established in 1839, takes place every year and sees teams compete in more than 300 races along the river in Oxfordshire. 

Fans looks in high spirits

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Britain should roll out Covid-style LATERAL FLOW tests for Strep A, experts say

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Britain should dish out Covid-style home testing for Strep A, experts have started demanding as panicked parents begin to pile even more pressure on crippled NHS services.

Nine children have already died of a rare complication of the usually-mild bacterial infection this winter. Health chiefs say the growing toll, although low, is higher than expected for this time of year.

The surge in cases and resulting fears has left the NHS in ‘meltdown’, with parents of sick children swamping GP

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Why trophy hunting will NOT save Africa’s lions

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In the past 25 years lion numbers have decreased by 43 per cent throughout Africa.

Here Professor Hans Bauer from Oxford University, who has been studying Africa’s lions throughout this time, argues in The Conversation why trophy hunting is failing to boost the numbers. 

Over the past 25 years, I have spent a lot of time counting lions as part of my job. Only last month, I spent three hours with two males – possibly brothers – right next to

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Ministers have learned NOTHING from Covid pandemic, warns ex-testing tsar

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Sir John Bell, a medical expert at the University of Oxford, said he is not convinced the Government is ‘going to learn any major lessons’, warning that ‘no action’ has been taken so far to ‘make things better next time’

The UK appears to have learned nothing from the Covid crisis and has taken ‘no action’ to prepare for the next pandemic, a former top Government scientific adviser warned today.  

Oxford University’s Sir John Bell, who served as Boris Johnson’s

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Washington Is Getting China Wrong

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Evergrande Group, one of China’s largest property developers, is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. Its founder, Hui Ka Yan, is scrounging to find the cash to meet payments on the $300 billion his company owes. Beijing has warned local officials to prepare for possible fallout if the gargantuan firm collapses. Around the world, financial analysts are wondering if Evergrande is China’s “Lehman moment,” the starting gun for a destructive wave of defaults that could take down the

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