Thrown off-stride to reach its COVID-19 vaccination goal, the Biden administration is sending A-list officials across the country, devising ads for niche markets and enlisting community organizers to persuade unvaccinated people to get a shot. The strategy has the trappings of a political campaign, complete with data crunching to identify groups that can be won […]
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WHO classifies India variant as being of global concern
WHO classifies India’s ‘double mutant’ Covid a ‘variant of concern’ as its origin country buckles under the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak WHO said Monday that the variant that emerged in India is ‘of concern’ The variant, B.1.617 has three sublineages and is often called the ‘double mutant’ because it has two mutations that help it […]
Pfizer's vaccine DOES work against Brazilian covid variant, study says
Pfizer’s vaccine DOES work against the Brazilian coronavirus variant, study suggests: Second dose of the shot ‘neutralized’ the mutant virus in lab tests Scientists tested antibodies in the blood of people who had two doses against an engineered variant They saw in the lab that the antibodies were able to ‘neutralize’ an infectious spike protein […]
Mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 UK variant suggests it could be 43–90% more transmissible
A team of researchers led by a group at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has found evidence suggesting that the U.K. variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be 43 to 90% more transmissible than the original virus. In their study, published in the journal Science, […]
Germany sees drop in virus cases flatten as variant surges
The head of Germany’s disease control agency warned Friday that a decline in new coronavirus cases the country saw has leveled off while the share of cases involving more contagious variants is rising. Robert Koch Institute President Lothar Wieler said Germany may be heading toward another “turning point” in the pandemic after weeks of falling […]
UK virus variant spreading rapidly in Germany: minister
The UK variant of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Germany, where it now accounts for more than one in five cases, German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Wednesday. “The mutation that was first discovered in the UK is particularly worrying… We have to expect that it will now become the dominant variant here,” said […]
Minnesota confirms Brazil coronavirus variant case, first in US
Fox News Flash top headlines for January 26 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Minnesota health officials on Monday announced the country’s first documented case of a coronavirus variant initially detected in Brazil. The variant, known as P.1, was confirmed in a Twin Cities metro area resident who […]
Argentina detects first case of British virus variant
Argentina has detected its first case of a British-identified coronavirus variant that appears to be more infectious, authorities said Saturday. The infection was discovered in a man who arrived from Britain in Argentina in late December without symptoms of the disease. Authorities “detected the variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom in a traveler,” science […]
South African coronavirus variant may ‘obviate’ antibody drugs, former FDA head says
Fox News Flash top headlines for January 6 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Though COVID-19 vaccines will likely render effective against the South African coronavirus variant – according to an infectious disease expert – the former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the strain may […]