Rwanda Updates COVID-19 Entry Protocols
The Republic of Rwanda updated its COVID-19 entry protocols following the news and spread of the Omicron variant, effective immediately. All international travelers, vaccinated and...
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Covid omicron variant linked to vaccine inequality, experts say
Rich countries can’t say they weren’t warned. For almost as long as Covid-19 has been around, scientists, academics and campaigners have called on wealthy nations to share vaccines...
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EU medical agency says vaccine revisions for omicron could be approved in 3-4 months
A traveller receives a test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a pre-departure testing facility, as countries react to the new coronavirus Omicron variant, outside...
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From tiny particles to big success: Knauer awarded the innovation prize for Berlin Brandenburg
The producer of high-tech laboratory systems, KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH was awarded the prestigious Innovation Prize for the Berlin Brandenburg region for their new system...
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Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19
In a recently published article in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists have described the development of a smartwatch-based alerting system that can detect the...
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Structure-guided virtual screening identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has taken over 5.21 million lives so far,...
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UK study finds COVID-19 from Delta and Alpha infections are clinically similar
A recent study, published on the preprint server medRxiv*, compares the two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants – the B.1.617.2 (Delta)...
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With federal covid sick leave gone, workers feel pressure to show up at work
Economists and public health experts alike say paid sick leave is an essential tool — like testing, masks and vaccines — in the effort to...
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Predicting the far-field transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoors
In a recent preprint study researchers from the UK predicted the infection rate by far-field airborne transmission (that occurs at distances of greater than two...
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CDC steps up its Covid vaccine booster recommendation amid concerns about omicron variant
Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in...
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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies suggested to be safe to use in pregnancy
A recent Mayo Clinic study conducted on pregnant women with mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has suggested that therapeutic monoclonal antibodies targeting...
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Increased illness burden of COVID-19 among unvaccinated first responders
Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs), firefighters, and other first responders are at an increased risk of contracting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection,...