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Afghanistan, Covid variants, gas, space tourism: The news that defined 2021

Biden takes charge of a divided AmericaConducting his campaign largely virtually from the confines of his Delaware basement, Joe Biden…

2 years ago

Antibody neutralizing all Covid variants found, Chinese scientists claim

In a study published on Tuesday, Chinese scientists from a variety of institutions, including Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and…

2 years ago

Keep borders open despite Covid variants, WHO pleads

Avoiding shutting down borders, the WHO said, will prevent a “heavy burden on lives and livelihoods.” If restrictions are put in…

2 years ago

As Covid-19 variants seem to get the upper hand in the race against vaccines, 2 top scientists explain where the world went wrong

It’s been well over a year since the global fight against the coronavirus started, but matters of concern are still…

3 years ago

Analysts downgrade 2021 forecast for oil to $70 per barrel, predicting that coronavirus variants may cool demand recovery

According to the monthly Reuters poll, $70 per barrel looks to be a more realistic projection for Brent Crude prices…

3 years ago

90-year-old Belgian woman dies after contracting two coronavirus variants at same time, researchers say

The case was reported by Belgian scientists at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, which was held…

3 years ago

Hybrid of UK and Indian coronavirus variants found in Vietnam – health minister

“After running gene sequencing on newly detected patients, we have discovered a new variant that is a mix of India…

3 years ago

Regular ‘booster’ shots will become commonplace as new variants emerge, says UK’s Covid-19 genomics chief

“We have to appreciate that we were always going to have to have booster doses; immunity to coronavirus doesn’t last…

3 years ago

New study finds coronavirus variants will likely evolve, escape current generation of vaccines

The study, published in Nature on March 8, warns that the current generation of vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments may…

3 years ago

Vaccine rollout will trigger new Covid variants, Oxford scientist warns, adding ‘new layer of complexity’ to pandemic fight

Speaking to the UK Commons Science and Technology Committee on Wednesday, Professor Sir John Bell, Oxford’s regius professor of medicine,…

3 years ago