Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19: What we know about new omicron variant BF.7

Since the COVID variant omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a ...

Health

Excess death gap widens between US and Europe

A new analysis shows that, compared to similarly high-income European countries, the U.S. continues to have substantially higher death rates at all but the oldest ages, resulting in more "excess deaths," and this gap widened ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine

Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as the manufacturer and Europe's medicines watchdog insisted ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Stockholm sees lowest COVID-19 cases since March

While many European countries are seeing a surge in COVID-19 infection rates, Stockholm, the epicentre of Sweden's outbreak, has seen a steady decline and registered the fewest cases since early March last week, officials ...

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