Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why do we keep getting new coronavirus variants?
With the emergence of the new SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant that causes COVID-19, you may have wondered why the coronavirus keeps mutating.
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Two Pfizer jabs give 70% protection from Omicron: S.Africa study
Two shots of Pfizer's COVID vaccine offers around 70 percent protection against severe disease from Omicron, according to results of a study published Tuesday in South Africa.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Omicron FAQ: How is it different from other variants? Can it evade vaccines? How transmissible is it?
Omicron, the first COVID-19 variant to have been upgraded to a variant of concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a matter of days, came on the radar of the Lancet Laboratory in South Africa, on Nov. 8, although ...
Dec 14, 2021
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UK calls for volunteers to battle wave of omicron infections
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is calling for thousands of volunteers to staff new vaccination centers in shopping areas, stadiums and racecourses as the government accelerates its booster program to combat the omicron ...
Dec 14, 2021
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Vaccination
WHO: Africa might miss 70% vaccination goal until late 2024
The African continent might not reach the target of vaccinating 70% of its 1.3 billion population against COVID-19 until the second half of 2024, a target many of the world's richer countries have already met, the World Health ...
Dec 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Denmark pushes third vaccine dose to combat Omicron
Danish health authorities said Monday a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would be offered sooner to everyone over 40 to curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
Dec 13, 2021
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Britons rush to get shots in booster blitz against omicron
Long lines formed Monday at vaccination centers across England as people heeded the government's call for all adults to get booster shots to protect themselves against the omicron variant, as the U.K. recorded its first death ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The latest on omicron
It's still too soon to have definitive answers to some big questions about omicron, labeled in late November by the World Health Organization as a COVID-19 variant of concern. On Dec. 7, the Bloomberg School of Public Health's ...
Dec 13, 2021
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How is this variant different? Ten omicron questions answered
Two weeks after the World Health Organization (WHO) first reported the emergence of a concerning new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in South Africa, omicron has been identified in at least 57 countries ...
Dec 13, 2021
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Omicron spreads faster and weakens jabs: WHO
The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
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