Health

On Sunday, the United States was on the verge of reaching 800,000 coronavirus deaths, as the country prepared for an increase in infections caused by greater time spent indoors owing to colder weather and the […]

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In an interview on Sunday, Republican Senator Rand Paul slammed travel restrictions caused by the discovery of the omicron variation, stating that “the travel bans aren’t going to work” to limit the strain’s spreading, The […]

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A new “omicron-like” coronavirus strain has been found in a traveler who arrived from South Africa and tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, health authorities in Australia’s Queensland state said Wednesday. After seeing more […]

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Using convalescent plasma in treating Covid-19 is both ineffective and a waste of resources, the World Health Organization (WHO) claims in its advisory published on Monday, warning against it. Convalescent plasma, also known as “survivor’s […]

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Beginning Tuesday morning, all arrivals into the UK will be required to take a Covid test before their departure. The latest restrictions have come in order to halt a potential wave of the latest variant.  […]

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Restrictions are tightening across Europe due to a fourth wave of the Covid virus. Norway and Poland are the latest countries to introduce new restrictions.  Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, said that new restrictions will […]

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Actions made to combat the delta version should still be successful in combating the newly discovered omicron variation, according to World Health Organization officials, The Hill reports. According to the Associated Press, WHO Regional Emergency […]

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Germany has become the latest country in Europe to announce a nationwide lockdown for anyone who is still unvaccinated and announce plans for a vaccine mandate in 2022.  Under new restrictions, unvaccinated people cannot access […]

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New York City has opened up the first-ever supervised injection site in an effort to curb drug overdoses.  More Americans than ever before are dying of drug overdoses. Last year a new record high was […]

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After they managed to bridge the gap between sides led by the United States and European Union, the World Health Organisation’s members have reached a tentative consensus on Sunday to negotiate a future agreement on […]

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The development of the new omicron strain of the coronavirus gives an “excellent incentive” for people in the United States to seek a booster vaccine, according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, […]

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Covid vaccine certificates could soon have a nine-month expiration date in Europe.  The current vaccine certificates allow tourists to travel, proving that they either had a vaccine, recently recovered from the virus, or took a […]

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After the trending reports on reported cases with a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa and Botswana, the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a special meeting, officials informed Thursday. Maria Van Kerkhove, the […]

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A new Covid variant has been found in South Africa, prompting what has been labeled as serious concern.  Labeled B.1.1529 until it gets a colloquial name under a Greek letter like the previous strains, the […]

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Scientists have recently been alarmed by a new Covid-19 variant with an “extremely high” number of mutations in the spike protein due to its potential to dodge antibodies that can fight the virus. Mutations make […]

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Vaccinated, cured or dead. That’s what Germany’s health minister has warned the country’s population will be in a few months.  German health minister Jens Spahn issued the blunt, simple warning today as Germany’s neighbor Austria […]

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Austria has announced it will introduce a vaccine mandate, making it the first European country to do so. The move comes amid soaring Covid rates and hospitalizations in the country as a fourth wave of […]

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The Biden administration is considering how to expand access to possible coronavirus antiviral medicine as supply grows in the coming months, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited a source familiar with the preparations. According […]

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines for all adults over the age of 18, the companies and the FDA said on Friday, expanding eligibility just in time […]

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