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COVID XEC: Should you worry about the new fast-spreading Omicron subvariant?
The new COVID XEC variant has been making rounds in the news for spreading fast across a bunch of c…
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Humans are spilling the COVID-19 virus back into wildlife! Study finds widespread infection in backyard animals
Genetic analysis of wild animals has revealed not only the presence of SARS-CoV-2, but also the eme…
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Cows are now spreading bird flu to each other — here's why that's problematic for humans
Avian influenza H5N1 has spread to US cattle, raising concerns about its potential to infect mammal…
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More transmissible, higher fatality rate: India records first case of fast-spreading Mpox strain Clade 1B in Kerala man
While Mpox has appeared in India before, all prior cases were linked to the less deadly Clade II st…
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission
Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…
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FLiRT-ing with pandemic! With a sharp rise in COVID cases, could Singapore be witnessing the start of a global wave?
COVID-19, the unwelcome guest that never quite leaves, may well be in the process of ushering in a …
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40% of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coron…
ANI
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Singapore seeing new COVID-19 wave, minister advises wearing of masks
The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the estimated number of COVID-19 cases in the week of May 5 t…
PTI
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Deadly Covid variants still transmissible between species, finds study
Scientists believe bats first transmitted Covid virus to humans in December 2019, and while the vir…
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Indian-origin researcher develops antiviral therapy that block Covid transmission
To our knowledge, this is the only single-dose antiviral that reduces not only symptoms and severit…
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Covid-causing Omicron BF.7 variant highly transmissible but not as severe as Delta variant, say doctors
Just as Indians were getting ready to ring in the new year with a bang after two years of pandemic-…
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Scientists warn of bird flu pandemic that could be '100 times worse' than COVID after rare human case found in US
The H5N1 avian flu has spread rapidly since a new strain was detected in 2020 affecting wild birds …
ANI
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Indian markets open lower amid unrest in China over zero-Covid: Paytm, Adani Transmission, Hero MotoCorp in focus
The 30-stock index Sensex opened 277 points lower at 62,016 while the Nifty50 opened 82 points l…
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More patients are getting COVID-19 during hospital stays. Experts worry it's because infected healthcare workers are sick on the job.
The CDC announced looser isolation rules for healthcare workers in December, then more patients sta…
Aria Bendix
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Kids' birthday parties are a hotspot for COVID infection, study finds
COVID-19 spread within small gatherings has been hard to measure. But a study found that people wer…
Kelsie Sandoval
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For the first time since the winter surge, the US is averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day
Measurements of COVID-19 infection have been steadily increasing across the US as the delta variant…
Morgan Keith
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Has the coronavirus reached 'peak fitness'? Experts wonder if the Delta variant is the worst we'll see.
The fittest variants are the best at transmitting, scientists say. Delta is more transmissible than…
Aria Bendix
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Fauci: Vaccinated people who contract COVID-19 are far less likely to spread the virus than unvaccinated people
Fauci said vaccinated people with asymptomatic infections have "considerably less" virus in their n…
Andrea Michelson
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COVID-19 death toll in the US surpassed 700,000 following a surge in transmission over the summer
Hospitals that were already experiencing staffing shortages struggled to care for COVID-19 patients…