Chinese oral COVID-19 drug effective against Omicron
Scientists have found that China’s oral COVID-19 nucleoside drug VV116 can shorten viral shedding time in patients infected with the
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COVID: Germany logs more than 100,000 cases for first time
Germany logs weekly incidence rate has also risen. It now stands at 584.4 new infections per 100,000 people over seven
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Omicron spreads wings over Karachi
Alarm bells started ringing when two major health facilities in Karachi recorded a record number of hospitalizations with coronavirus cases
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Moderna CEO says data for Omicron-specific shot likely available in March
Moderna Inc.’s vaccine candidate against the Omicron coronavirus variant will enter clinical development in the next few weeks and the
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Deltacron: Could it happen for real and would it be a threat?
Researchers from the University of Cyprus last week reported a new strain of the coronavirus that appeared to be a
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China braces as Omicron variant extends its reach to Beijing and Lunar New Year looms
A woman in the Chinese capital tests positive with Omicron variant just weeks to go until the Winter Olympics. Holiday
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South African studies suggest Omicron has higher ‘asymptomatic carriage’
Preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant has a much higher rate of “asymptomatic
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Omicron Outbreak, U.S. Is Open as Canada Shuts Down. The Difference? Their Health Care Systems
As omicron outbreak occurs through North America, the U.S. and Canadian responses couldn’t be more different. U.S. states are largely
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How Researchers Identify Omicron
Researchers sequence DNA to determine the order of the four chemical building blocks that make it up: adenine, thymine, cytosine
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Inside the South African lab that discovered Omicron
Their work is so precise that just a handful of samples helped the team to discover Omicron — the new
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Pfizer shot may protect only partially against Omicron
The Omicron variant can partially evade protection from two doses of Pfizer (PFE.N) and partner BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, the against
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Omicron variant similarities to common-cold virus
The omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up
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AUH watchdog CDC appeals for calm over Omicron
The head of the African Union’s health watchdog urges moderation in the world’s reaction to the new coronavirus variant. The
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Omicron rapidly dominating in South Africa
Heavily mutated Omicron is rapidly becoming the dominant variant of the coronavirus in South Africa less than four weeks after
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