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Stealth Omicron Now Dominant COVID Variant in U.S.

March 29, 2022 The so-called stealth Omicron variant is now the dominant COVID-19 pressure within the United States, in accordance with knowledge from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also generally known as BA.2, the pressure comprised practically 55 % of home coronavirus circumstances for the week ending March 26. The variant, which […]

More Destructive Variant of HIV Spotted within the Netherlands

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — If the pandemic taught the world nothing else, it is that viruses can mutate, probably giving rise to new and extra dangerous variants. Now, new analysis reveals that is precisely what has occurred with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Called VB (for […]

First Omicron Variant Case Identified in U.S.

Dec. 1, 2021 — The first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus within the United States was confirmed by officers at the moment in a person in California who had just lately traveled to South Africa. He or she was totally vaccinated towards COVID-19 and skilled solely “gentle signs which might be bettering,” officers […]

What We Know – and Don’t — About the Omicron COVID Variant

Nov. 29, 2021 — Health consultants throughout the globe are elevating considerations concerning the newly found COVID-19 variant, Omicron, which was first recognized in South Africa. The nation’s minister of well being introduced final week that the variant had already unfold in several areas of the nation. The subsequent day, the World Health Organization designated […]

New COVID Variant ‘Cause for Concern,’ Not Panic

Nov. 29, 2021 — President Joe Biden stated Monday that out there vaccines are anticipated to supply some safety in opposition to the brand new Omicron COVID-19 variant, and federal well being officers are working to assemble extra data on its efficiency earlier than the primary circumstances are detected within the United States. He was […]

New COVID Variant of ‘Concern’ Drives U.S. Travel Bans

Nov. 26, 2021 — The World Health Organization on Friday categorised a brand new COVID-19 variant from South Africa as a “variant of concern,” which suggests it could possibly be extra contagious, trigger extra extreme illness and cut back the efficacy of vaccines and coverings. The WHO convened an unbiased group of consultants on Friday […]

COVID Variant Tied to Heart Inflammation in Cats, Dogs

It is feasible that pets with different signs could not have been seen by these medical doctors, whose focus was cardiology, Ferasin stated. The examine was printed Nov. 4 within the journal Veterinary Record. Subsequent studies in a number of European nations have additionally discovered home pets testing optimistic for the virus, Ferasin stated. From […]