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First AI-designed 'universal vaccine' tested in humans: UK researchersA groundbreaking vaccine, designed entirely by artificial intelligence, has been tested in humans for the first time. This experimental jab...
Is Hantavirus the next COVID-like threat? Experts explain the real risks & warning signs you should never ignoreHantavirus Outbreak: A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship sparks Covid-19 comparisons. Experts clarify hantavirus is distinct, with limit...
Covid virus' 'most muted variant' found in Indonesia, claim scientists. What we know so farCovid pandemic has subsided but the most mutated variant of coronavirus has been found in Indonesia. The new variant of the covid virus has...
China finds new virus subtype, daily cases top 13,000The new iteration of the virus, isolated from a mild Covid-19 patient in a city less than 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Shanghai, evolves f...
How Covid virus mutates inside a human bodyResearchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology discovered various mutations not included in existing databases and even a n...
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INSACOG yet to detect presence of variant in IndiaAn advisory panel of the World Health Organization has classified the variant as a highly transmissible virus of concern and named it ``omi...
Australia stocks fall sharply as new virus variant unnerves investorsThe benchmark S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.73 per cent in its biggest drop since Oct. 1 despite better-than-expected October retail sales data. For t...
European shares tumble on fears over new virus variantThe pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 3.3 per cent by 0819 GMT, on course for its worst session in over a year, while UK's FTSE 100 dropped...
What's the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?If Mu was truly a really bad variant, we would have expected to have started to see indications of this, and we haven't yet.
Global trade to grow 7-9% in 2021: Moody’sThe credit rating agency said that though continued vaccination rollout and policy measures will support the economic recovery, boosting ma...
Are vaccines variant-proof? Here’s some good newsModerna Inc. has also noted, though not published data, that its new mRNA-1273.351 vaccine was able to boost the immune response of previou...
Mutation in spike protein dominant form of Covid, eight times more infectiousThe study confirms findings that D614G, one of the mutations, makes the virus more transmissible.
UK eyes quarantine hotels for travelers to curb new virus variantsVaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said there would be an announcement Tuesday on plans for tighter border measures. The BBC reported that U.K...
New virus variants could undo the effectiveness of vaccineCovid has been spreading and becoming more genetically diverse and experts believe the reason is because of the rise of new cases. With eve...
Japanese Health Ministry finds new virus variant
Here's how Asian countries are fighting new Covid-19 fast-spreading variantCountries in Asia stepped up their fight against the coronavirus on Thursday to suppress a contagion they had previously tamed, as warnings...
Masks probably may never even go, says ICMR chief Balram Bhargava"We don't know how much of the population we'll have to vaccinate to break the virus transmission. What we know is that we've been able to ...
Scientists trying to understand new virus variantWorry has been growing since before Christmas when Britain's prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than ...
Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in NigeriaThe discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in Britain and South Africa, leading to the swif...