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New vaccine could stop people developing the highly infectious illness after early trial results found it creates a ‘strong immune response’

Britain could become the first country to offer norovirus jab after early trial results found it creates a “strong immune response”.

Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, said achieving the world-first could reduce the “huge strain” the NHS faces every winter and save taxpayers millions.

Scientists hope the new vaccine from Moderna could stop people developing the vomiting and diarrhoea bug, which often spreads in care homes and is linked to around 12,000 hospital admissions in Britain every year.

The jab will enter final stages of testing within the next two weeks.

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Single dose vaccine at the first visit – a jab given in the upper arm.

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The Nova 301 trial serves as a model for future collaborations between the public and private sectors in advancing medical research.

Should the norovirus jab prove successful, (Read well,Should) the company expects to submit a marketing application to regulators in 2026, with the review process expected to take up to a year. Further trials would also be carried out in teenagers and younger children.

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Multiple explosions have been heard in Tehran as the IDF launched a multi-wave air raid

West Jerusalem has launched a retaliatory wave of airstrikes against Tehran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that it is only military targeting installations with its “precise strikes.”

The attack comes after Iran’s October 1 strike on the Jewish state, when it fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the killing of the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders as well as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general.

The IDF insisted following the strike that the majority of the projectiles had been intercepted. Tehran, however, has claimed that it was able to hit several Israeli military targets.

Following the October 1 attack, Israel threatened to deliver a “deadly, pinpoint accurate, and surprising” retaliation, without specifying any time frame. Alleged details of possible Israeli targets were leaked to media last week. Tehran has pledged a “decisive and regretful” response to any Israeli strikes.

Three workers have reportedly been killed at a factory in Shamsabad, south of Tehran, as a result of the Israeli strikes, unverified reports on social media claim.

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Iran has condemned the Israeli attacks against its military sites as a “blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, particularly the principle prohibiting the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of countries,” according to a statement issued by Tehran’s foreign ministry.

The Islamic Republic has the right to defend itself “against acts of external aggression,” it added.

Switzerland has condemned what it described as a “dangerous escalation of violence in the Middle East,” including the Israeli strikes against Iranian targets on Saturday.

Paris has urged the parties “to refrain from any escalation and action likely to aggravate the context of extreme tension prevailing in the region,” according to a statement issued by the French foreign ministry.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it fears an “explosive escalation” after Israel’s strikes on Iran.

Iran is in high-stakes retaliation.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement, condemned Israel’s strikes as violation of international law, stressing that the country reserves the right to exercise self-defense against external aggression.

Mossad Intelligence Division head, Former Brigadier General (Res.) Amnon Sofrin: Iran has the ability to carry out a very powerful operation against “Israel”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Iran to refrain from an “escalatory” reaction following the Israeli strikes against targets in the Islamic Republic early on Saturday.

Wildfires broke out in the Hula Valley of northern Israel after rockets fell in open areas, the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority said.

Hezbollah said it fired five rocket barrages into Safed and Haifa in northern Israel on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran.

The European Union has warned both Iran and Israel against “uncontrollable escalation” following the IDF airstrikes.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres is “deeply alarmed by the continued escalation in the Middle East,” his spokesperson has said in a statement following the Israeli attack against Iran.

Israel struck Iran in a swift operation called “Days of Repentance.” This was retaliation for a missile barrage that rattled the region on October 1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised repercussions for Iran’s aggression. The airstrikes,… https://t.co/c2mYhtPNFP
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