BBC Inside Science — Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist

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Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist

BBC Inside Science

Booster vaccines are now being offered to people in England most at risk of Covid, who had their second jab at least 6 months ago. Most people are getting an mRNA vaccine as a booster, mainly the Pfizer one. Dr Andrew Ustianowski, national clinical lead for the UK COVID Vaccine Research Programme, and infectious…

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