Photographer: Victor Moriyama / Bloomberg Photographer: Victor Moriyama / Bloomberg Brazil reported more than 4,000 daily deaths from Covid-19 for the first time as the pandemic continues to sweep across the vast …
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Read More »UK says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe even after 7 deaths from blood clots
Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know and Subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis. The UK confirmed that seven people …
Read More »105,000-Year Kalahari Crystal Challenge Cultural Evolution Story
New research at a rock shelter on the edge of the Kalahari desert in South Africa challenges the assumption that modern human origins and complex behaviors were limited to coastal environments. A …
Read More »Most mutated Covid-19 variant found in travelers from Tanzania
Photographer: Vladimir Gerdo / TASS / Getty Images Photographer: Vladimir Gerdo / TASS / Getty Images The most mutated variant of the coronavirus so far has been found in travelers from Tanzania, …
Read More »Variants on the rise in some states, adding urgency to vaccine push
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Modern Covid-19 vaccine in Secaucus, New Jersey, on February 28. Photographer: Johnny Milano / Bloomberg Photographer: Johnny Milano / Bloomberg US officials and public …
Read More »Variants of the virus have been found to be deadlier, more contagious; some can thwart vaccinations
(Reuters) – The following is a summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the …
Read More »Astra Shot does not frustrate the South African variant in the study data
Photographer: Gen Shkullaku / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Gen Shkullaku / AFP / Getty Images AstraZeneca Plc’s coronavirus vaccine did not offer much protection against the mild illness caused by the …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine-Induced Antibodies Less Effective Against Some Coronavirus Variants: Study
BOSTON: Antibodies produced by some Covid-19 vaccines are less effective at neutralizing new circulating variants of the novel coronavirus, such as those first reported in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, according …
Read More »Moderna tests new booster injections against COVID-19 variants
The first participants in Moderna’s trial evaluating new variant-specific booster vaccines have been vaccinated, the company announced. The new vaccines target a coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, which has shown …
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