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Why everyone needs to get vaccinated against Covid-19

By Naveeda Khoshbo, Health Reporter

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The NHS is currently offering the COVID-19 vaccine to people most at risk from coronavirus. In England, the vaccine is being offered in some hospitals and pharmacies, at local centres run by GPs and at larger vaccination centres.

Parliament launches inquiry into long-term brain injuries in sport

by Joshua Lopez, Health Reporter

An Inquiry as been Launched by Parliament to once again investigate the link between sport and long-term brain injury. This follows a 2019 FIELD study which showed that professional footballers were three and a half times more likely to suffer brain-related injuries than the local population, which was further urged with four of the 1966 winning world cup side suffering from dementia before their deaths.