Roche’s sales of Covid drugs fall by $1bn
Roche chief executive Severin Schwan said health authorities are holding back from ordering more coronavirus tests and treatments despite a...
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New COVID variants are emerging: BA.4.6, BQ.1, BQ.1.1 & BF.7 explained
BA.5 is losing its grip on the US, accounting for only 67% of new coronavirus infections.New variants are beginning to...
Europe’s Covid Wave Suggests U.S. Outbreak Looms Around The Corner
ToplineCovid infections, hospitalizations and deaths are rising across Europe as the continent heads into winter, worrying officials and foreshadowing another...
Cancer vaccine could become available by 2030, scientists behind COVID jab say
Vaccines that treat cancer could be accessible to patients as early as the next decade, say the BioNTech developers.While scientists...
Using traveler arrival COVID-19 screening data for real-time SARS-CoV-2 surveillance
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers developed a model to reconstruct the estimates of how...
Next covid wave could be on a collision course with holiday travel
The summer of 2022 delivered on predictions it would be the season of "revenge travel," with countries dropping coronavirus restrictions,...
US warned to prepare as COVID cases rise in Europe
Health officials in the U.S. are bracing ahead of an anticipated winter COVID-19 surge as cases rise in Europe. Previously, rising...
Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition
By Grace Wade Covid-19 can affect cognitionShutterstock/Dragana Gordic People who have had covid-19 can have lingering impairments in multiple aspects...
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BU researchers create hybrid COVID-19 virus; push back on reports it’s ‘deadly’
Researchers at Boston University tested a hybrid version of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a lab at the university, causing concern...
New Lab-Made Covid-19 Coronavirus At Boston University Raises Questions
This was one of those should-have-seen-it-coming moments. On October 14, a team of researchers posted on bioRxiv a preprint that...