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Britain’s main doctors’ organization says it is concerned about the U.K.’s decision to give people a second dose of coronavirus vaccine up to 12 weeks after the first, rather than the shorter gap recommended by manufacturers and the World Health Organization

The British government’s chief scientific adviser says there is some evidence that a new variant of the coronavirus first identified in southeast England carries a higher risk of death than the original strain

The U.K. government says it plans to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to every adult by September as the nation’s health service battles the worst crisis in its 72-year-history.

Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death as coronavirus cases soar

A patient who tested positive for the U.K. variant of the coronavirus, B.1.1.7, traveled between Bucks County and Philadelphia.

School closures have a clear negative impact on children’s health, the United Nations health agency has warned.

France is known to be one of the most vaccine-skeptic nations in the world, and that makes its Covid-19 immunization drive much harder.

The identification of a new Covid variant comes as countries scramble to contain two other contagious strains that have emerged in the U.K. and South Africa.

England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned that the “next few weeks are going to be the worst weeks” of the coronavirus pandemic for the U.K.’s NHS.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday declared a major incident over the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the U.K.’s capital city.

A patient in Dauphin County was confirmed to have a more contagious strain of the coronavirus that is believed responsible for the United Kingdom’s national lockdown.

A British judge has denied bail to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who has been jailed in Britain since 2019 as he fights extradition to the United States

B117, the faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus, has not been detected in Philly, but labs are looking for it.

A British judge has rejected a request by the United States to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus

The vaccination drive against the coronavirus is entering a new phase

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus, even as Britain ramped up its vaccination program by becoming the first nation to start using the shot developed by Oxford University and drugmaker AstraZeneca.

A new variant of the coronavirus identified in South Africa is more of a risk than the mutation found in the U.K., according to Britain’s health minister.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that more onerous lockdown restrictions in England are likely as the country reels from a new variant of the coronavirus that has seen infection rates soar to their highest recorded levels

Some British citizens trying to return to their homes in Spain and other European countries have been barred from boarding flights this weekend