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UK health officials tracking hybrid COVID-19 strain of Delta, Omicron

UK health officials tracking hybrid COVID-19 strain of Delta, Omicron

“Deltacron” watch is officially back on. Last month, medical experts were dismissive or claims that a new COVID-19 variant — a combination of the fast-spreading Omicron and Delta strains — had been discovered. but in a report published Friday, UK health officials revealed Deltacron is officially being monitored as a legitimate threat, The Mirror reported† … Read more

Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for Covid-19

Prince Charles isolating after testing positive for Covid-19

Prince Charles, 73, met dozens of people during a Wednesday evening reception at the British Museum. | Peter Cziborra-WPA Pool/Getty Images by Associated Press 02/10/2022 08:58 AM EST LONDON — Britain’s Prince Charles has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating, his office said Thursday. A message on the royal’s official Twitter page said Charles … Read more

Border trade between Canada and US threatened by Covid-19 protests

Border trade between Canada and US threatened by Covid-19 protests

Canadian politicians have expressed increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the US and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, prevented traffic from entering Canada while some US-bound traffic was still moving, public … Read more

How Americans’ Exhaustion With COVID-19 Is Shaping Politics

How Americans’ Exhaustion With COVID-19 Is Shaping Politics

In this installation of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how Americans are feeling about the pandemic and the types of restrictions they do and don’t support to stop the spread of COVID-19. They also talk about some recent big developments in the redistricting process happening around the country now.

Politics Podcast: Americans Say They’re Over COVID-19. What Does That Mean?

Politics Podcast: Adam Schiff Is Worried About American Democracy

We are approaching the two year mark of living with the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Although the Omicron wave is receding, the virus is unlikely to just go away and people are unhappy and angry – about COVID-19 and more. In polls more Americans say they are unhappy in their own lives, about … Read more

US death toll from Covid-19 hits 900,000

US death toll from Covid-19 hits 900,000

The US death toll from Covid-19 has reached 900,000 less than two months after it dwarfed 800,000 – fueled in part by the wildly contagious Omicron variant. The two-year total, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is larger than the populations of Indianapolis, San Francisco, or Charlotte, North Carolina. The milestone comes more than 13 months … Read more

COVID-19 temporarily reduces male fertility: study

COVID-19 temporarily reduces male fertility: study

COVID-19 temporarily reduces male fertility by 18 percent while getting vaccinated against the virus has no negative effect on conception, according to a new study cited Wednesday by Dr. Anthony Fauci. “The data are clear: COVID-19 vaccination in male or female partners did not affect the likelihood of conception,” the White House Chief Medical Advisor … Read more

‘Life goes on’ despite ‘difficult’ COVID-19 situation

Syria reports new Israeli missile barrage near Damascus

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that “life goes on” despite a “difficult” COVID-19 situation in the country that has seen infection records for two weeks straight. The Kremlin continues to hold off from imposing nationwide restrictions even as the state coronavirus task force reported 141,883 news infections on Wednesday – … Read more