The omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad, ...
Dec 18, 2021
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Levels of neutralizing antibody to prevent omicron infection reduced and vaccine efficacy against severe disease predicted to drop says new report.
Dec 17, 2021
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Failure to get COVID-19 vaccines to countries with high rates of uncontrolled advanced HIV could lead to the emergence of new variants, write Nokukhanya Msomi, Richard Lessells and colleagues in a Comment in this week's Nature. ...
Dec 2, 2021
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A study published by The BMJ today finds a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Nov 24, 2021
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New coronavirus infections in South Korea exceeded 4,000 in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic as a delta-driven spread continues to rattle the country after it eased social distancing in recent weeks ...
Nov 24, 2021
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Europe is facing a fourth wave of COVID. As we watch on, it is reasonable to ask whether Australia will be confronted with the same fate.
Nov 23, 2021
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Santa won't be getting his traditional welcome in the Dutch city of Utrecht this year. The ceremonial head of Carnival celebrations in Germany's Cologne had to bow out because he tested positive for COVID-19. And Austria ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Nearly 60% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 while only 6% of the population of the African continent is vaccinated. Yet the United States is expanding boosters and is about to authorize vaccines ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Hospitals and nursing homes around the U.S. are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for health care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sep 27, 2021
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California has the lowest coronavirus transmission rate of any state following a sharp decline in cases and hospitalizations after a summer surge.
Sep 22, 2021
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