As Beijing COVID outbreak proves stubborn, mass tests becoming routine
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Millions of Beijing residents queued up for another round of COVID-19 tests on Sunday as China’s capital seeks to trace and isolat…
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Unvaccinated Omicron patients at risk from variants
Infection with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus can significantly improve the immune system’s ability to protect against other variants, but o…
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Obesity may weaken Covid vaccine protection
Severe obesity may weaken the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in those who have never been infected with the coronavirus, according to a small Tu…
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Long COVID patients helped by Pfizer’s Paxlovid
Additional reports of patients with long COVID who were helped by Pfizer’s oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid offer fresh impetus for conducting clin…
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Covid pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21: WHO
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated Thursday — up to triple the number of deaths officially…
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Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large study finds
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike assumptions made in previous studies that it was …
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228 probable unexplained cases of child hepatitis: WHO
At least 228 probable cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children have now been reported to the World Health Organization from 20 countries, th…
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