Sharp rise in lethal bird flu variant with 50% death rate as China urged to track virus
The World Health Organization has ordered China to prosecute the avian flu variant H5N6 due to an increase in cases. A third of all human … Read more
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Inside Louisiana's battle to control the Delta variant
Eighteen months after the pandemic began, Louisiana and more than 20 other states are still trying to fill important data gaps while tackling the most … Read more
What is the Mu variant? The new coronavirus strain being monitored by WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has one new coronavirus strain an interesting variant. The strain B.1.621, first identified in Colombia earlier this year, is the … Read more
World Health Organisation to monitor new coronavirus variant
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified a new coronavirus strain as an area of interest. Mu, also known as B.1.621, was first identified in … Read more
Covid variant first detected in South Africa 'most mutated variant found so far'
The C.1.2 strain has been linked to “increased transmissibility” and has been found in England, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, New Zealand, … Read more
Larger risk of hospital admission in Delta variant sufferers, study suggests
People infected with the Delta variant of Covid-19 have twice the risk of hospital treatment than those with the alpha strain, a study suggests. The … Read more
Delta variant doubles the risk of hospitalization, study confirms
People infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus have twice the risk of being hospitalized compared to previous versions of the virus, according to … Read more
Children should be jabbed as Delta variant flies through schools, expert says
A public health expert said the vaccine rollout should be expanded to 12-15 year olds, with the Delta variant “flying through schools”. Devi Sridhar, professor … Read more
Delta variant carries 300 times more viral load
Covid-19 Delta Variant Concept with Images According to a study in South Korea, people infected with the Delta variant have a viral load 300 times … Read more
New super variant 'Covid-22' could be even more dangerous than Delta, expert claims
The immunologist Sai Reddy from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, said that a “super variant” would inevitably appear next year and that … Read more
