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The JCVI has advised that pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population, based on their age and clinical risk group.

A leading doctor has shone a light on how GP practices, councils and the voluntary sector have worked together to protect vulnerable people against COVID-19 in Selby.

Staff who run the Pharmacy at Harrogate District Hospital have walked the distance from Harrogate to Wellington, New Zealand – a total of 22,866km – in order to raise money for charity.

Covid-19 local test site is to open at Ypres Lines, Richmond Road, Catterick Garrison as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to increase testing.

The first Moderna jabs were delivered in England yesterday (Tuesday) as the NHS vaccination programme reaches another milestone.

New guidance has been issued for the use of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

People with high blood pressure are being identified and offered support thanks to the Healthy Hearts programme in West Yorkshire and Harrogate aiming to prevent 1,200 heart attacks and strokes in the next ten years.

A pilot project to help children and young people overcome sleeping difficulties has been extended across North Yorkshire.

Homecare Pharmacy Services have urged people not to waste appointment slots after 210 people had failed to turn up to appointments over the weekend.

Ramadan starts on the 13th April this year.

Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership has been selected as one of only 10 areas in England to develop a pilot maternal mental health service.

Rigorous reviews from both the UK and European independent regulators into the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has confirmed that it does not increase the risk of people developing blood clots.