The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization chief said Tuesday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free.
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South African scientists have discovered a new COVID-19 variant with multiple mutations, Omicron, which is thought to be highly contagious.
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Though it was abolished more than two decades ago, Apartheid continues to affect communities in South Africa. In this political system, which lasted from 1948 to the 1994 democratic elections, people were racially classified ...
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The recent explosion of monkeypox cases in countries where the infection had not previously spread, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, has underscored the rising threat of emerging viruses in the 21st century.
Jun 10, 2022
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Italy on Saturday said it had detected its first case of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19 in a traveller from Mozambique.
Nov 27, 2021
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is very widespread. More than 90 percent of the world's population is infected, with varying consequences. Although the infection does not usually affect people, in some, it can cause glandular ...
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The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to ...
Nov 28, 2021
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Children from poor backgrounds and with no previous technological experience are able to use digital storytelling to share their secrets and fears online, shows a recent doctoral thesis completed at the University of Eastern ...
Jan 26, 2015
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It is, scientists say, the most worrying COVID-19 variant since delta and perhaps ever. Here is what we know—and what we don't—about the strain thought to have originated in Southern Africa.
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The World Health Organization warned Tuesday Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and urged countries to act, as drug maker Pfizer said its coronavirus pill was effective against the variant.
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