New Covid vaccine

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 8 p.m.

New Covid vaccine from Valneva produces stronger immune response when compared to AstraZeneca, the French company reports, with no severe cases of Covid-19 seen in either group. And new positive research on lateral flow tests.

Plus guest Graham Easton discusses the urgent need for teaching climate and environmental health in medical schools.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond\nProducer: Erika Wright

(Picture: Coronavirus vaccine vials on a laboratory shelf. Photo credit: Joao Paulo Burini/Getty Images.)