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A Timeline of COVID-19 Variants
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt didn’t take long for COVID to start mutating enough that variants of the original virus emerged. To keep track, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Here’s What To Know About The Latest Omicron Subvariants
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe news of an emerging COVID-19 variant or subvariant is alarming — and rightfully so. COVID...
An experimental COVID treatment could be a promising alternative to Paxlovid, study finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn experimental COVID-19 antiviral appears to be effective at preventing hospitalizations without...
One-and-done injection halves risk of COVID hospitalization in large trial
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agophoto shows a young woman with light brown skin lifting up the sleeve of her t shirt to show a...
Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and on the rise around the world?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe UK is currently facing its fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, experts have warned, as cases hit...
A One-Shot COVID-19 Treatment Shows Promise
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Yiu Yu Hoi—Getty Images The current medicine chest for treating COVID-19 is fairly sparse. Only one drug—remdesivir—is approved by the U.S. Food...
Arizona scientists have mapped 100,000 coronavirus genomes, but say the work isn't done
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor nearly two years, researchers have used biology and computer science to trace changes in the...
COVID antiviral Paxlovid steps closer to full FDA approval
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal advisory panel recommended Food and Drug Administration approval for Paxlovid on Thursday,...
What's in a (virus) name?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoViruses. Illustrated | iStock The World Health Organization says it's working to rename "monkeypox," a smallpox-like, sexually transmissible disease that...
Connecticut COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 15.56%
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe number of new COVID-19-related hospitalizations in Connecticut increased this week, according to the state Department of Public Health, with the state’s positivity rate reaching 15.56%.