Vaccination

More than two billion COVID vaccines given

More than two billion COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources.

Genetics

Inequality now extends to people's DNA

It's well known that some areas of the UK are poorer than others. These include Wales and northern Britain, which used to be coal-mining areas. Now we have discovered that these regional economic inequalities are in line ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Omicron to be dominant variant in EU by mid-January

Omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant in the European Union's 27 nations by mid-January, the bloc's top official said Wednesday amid concerns that a dramatic rise in infections will leave Europe shrouded ...

Neuroscience

Optical control of a neuroreceptor alleviates chronic pain

Pain serves as a valuable warning signal, but when it becomes chronic, pain should be considered as a real disease. An international team including research scientists from the CNRS and INSERM1 has identified and controlled ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

US passes 400,000 virus deaths as Europe faces surge

More than 400,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the United States, figures showed Tuesday, as some European nations battled record surges in daily fatalities with the fear of new strains taking hold.

Vaccination

1.5 billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide

More than 1.5 billion doses of anti-COVID vaccines have been injected into people's arms around the world, six months after the vaccination drive started, according to an AFP count.

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