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World
The Pandemic Still Isn’t Over. So What Now?
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Health
New ‘Deltacron’ Variant Is Rare and Similar to Omicron, Experts Say
In recent days, scientists have reported that a hybrid of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants has been popping up…
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Health
‘Stealth’ Omicron Is Stealthy No More: What’s Known About the BA.2 Variant
As the Omicron coronavirus surge subsides, researchers are keeping an eye on a highly transmissible subvariant known as BA.2. Although…
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World
Is the BA.2 version of Omicron worse? Here’s what you need to know.
With the huge Omicron surge in coronavirus cases now receding in the United States and many other countries, reports have…
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Politics
F.D.A. Clears Covid Drug From Eli Lilly That Shows Promise Against Omicron
With Covid treatments still in short supply in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday gave emergency…
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World
Omicron Offers Hope Pandemic Could Stabilize, W.H.O. Official Says.
The astonishing spread of the Omicron variant could help set the stage for the pandemic to transition from overwhelming to…
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World
Hong Kong’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy hurts its service sector, and other Asia virus news.
For nearly two years, some businesses owners in Hong Kong felt confident that they had weathered the worst of the…
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Health
Omicron’s Radical Evolution
As nurses and doctors struggle with a record-breaking wave of Omicron cases, evolutionary biologists are engaged in a struggle of…
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World
A fourth shot may not offer much more protection against catching Omicron, an early Israeli study suggests.
JERUSALEM — Preliminary results from a small Israeli study examining the effects of a fourth coronavirus vaccine dose suggest that…
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World
Omicron reaches Beijing, three weeks before the Olympics begin.
Officials in Beijing have reported the city’s first case of the Omicron variant, prompting authorities to order an immediate lockdown…
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