From today, people in the U.S. will be able to vaccinate themselves and their children against the flu. The FluMist nasal spray, which has been on the market since 2003, was approved last year for self- and caregiver administration, though with some limitations based on age and health. The vaccine still requires a prescription. Manufacturer AstraZeneca says it can be accessed by completing an online screening questionnaire, and most insurance plans will cover it at no cost. It will then be shipped to your home. Here's more from @abc.

https://flip.it/KMK9Bx

#Health #Medicine #Flu #FluShots #AstraZeneca #Vaccination #USNews

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🚨 BREAKING 🚨

New powers were slipped into the UK Crime and Policing Bill yesterday ⚠️

The police will be given powers to extract data from seized devices and any online accounts accessed on it.

No judicial oversight, just on the say so of a senior officer 😖

Read our response ⬇️

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/police-forces-to-get-authoritarian-powers-to-extract-data-from-online-accounts/

#CrimeAndPolicingBill #police #policing #digitalrights #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #SafetyNotSurveillance

New date announced for Wales disability cuts consultation

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have announced a new date for Wales’ only face-to-face consultation on disability benefit changes that was previously cancelled at the last minute.

https://swanseabaynews.com/2025/06/13/new-date-announced-for-wales-disability-cuts-consultation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

The Divide (2020)

Acrylic on canvas

You don't need to use weird spellings or algospeak for any topics on the Fediverse ("unalived", "seggs" etc). There is no automated moderation or algorithm on here, moderation happens entirely through human beings and posts are shown in chronological order.

In fact it's better that you use the correct spellings for difficult topics so that people with genuine traumas related to them can filter them more easily.

#FediTips

Single use vapes ban comes into force this weekend

From Sunday 1 June, single use vapes will be banned across the whole of the UK - with Keep Wales Tidy estimating 360,000 single use vapes are littered on the ground and 120,000 are flushed down the toilet each year in Wales.

https://swanseabaynews.com/2025/05/30/single-use-vapes-ban-comes-into-force-this-weekend/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social